{"id":4557,"date":"2026-05-13T18:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/daoism-pantheon-talismans-and-protective-practice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:35:14","slug":"daoism-pantheon-talismans-and-protective-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/daoism-pantheon-talismans-and-protective-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4557\" class=\"elementor elementor-4557 elementor-2554 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-hero iwg-kultur-hero e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-hero\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-hl iwg-kultur-hero-left e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-hl\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daoist Gods, Laozi and the Three Pure Ones<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-leadc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-leadc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-lead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Daoist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> arose in China during the Later Han period as a religious and philosophical movement around <a href=\"\/en\/laozi\/\">Laozi<\/a> and the <em>Daodejing<\/em>. It encompasses a multilayered <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die Gesamtheit der G\u00f6tter einer Religion oder Kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> of celestial officials, a pronounced <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ein Gegenstand, dem eine Gl\u00fcck oder Erfolg herbeif\u00fchrende Wirkung zugeschrieben wird.\" tabindex=\"0\">talisman<\/span> practice and a ritualised everyday repertoire for the protection of house and person.<\/p><p>This overview presents the central protective <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An object to which a fortune- or success-bringing effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">talismans<\/span> of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> and their role in everyday practice.<\/p><p class=\"iwg-kwfix\">The Daoist pantheon places the Three Pure Ones at its summit alongside countless immortals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-hr iwg-kultur-hero-right e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-hr\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-himg iwg-hero-image elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-himg\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4558\" alt=\"Jade Emperor - gods from the Chinese tradition, historical and illustrative\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s0h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s0h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s0-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s0-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s0t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s0t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In terms of religious history, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> took shape from several strands. The philosophical foundation was laid by <a href=\"\/en\/laozi\/\">Laozi<\/a> (6th century BCE) in the <em>Daodejing<\/em> and by Zhuangzi (4th century BCE) in the work of the same name.<\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> first became institutionalised as a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> with the Celestial Masters (Tianshi Dao) under Zhang Daoling in the 2nd century CE. Later schools, Shangqing, Lingbao and Quanzhen, each developed their own liturgies, protective practices and notions of salvation.<\/p><p>Within the Chinese religious landscape, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> was always in interplay with Buddhism and Confucianism, without the boundaries being drawn strictly in popular religion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s1h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s1h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Pantheon: Celestial Officials and Immortals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s1-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s1-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s1t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s1t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the head of the Daoist pantheon stands <a href=\"\/en\/jade-emperor\/\">Yuhuang Shangdi<\/a>, the Jade Emperor, as ruler of heaven. Beneath him, the Three Pure Ones (Sanqing), Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun, form the highest <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of God and the doctrines of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theological<\/span> triad.<\/p><p>The celestial bureaucracy comprises city gods (Chenghuang), earth gods (Tudi), the kitchen god (Zaoshen), door gods (Menshen) and countless specialised functional deities. The Eight Immortals (Baxian), Han Xiangzi, Zhongli Quan, L\u00fc Dongbin and others, are the most popular figures of folk religion, each with their own attributes and protective functions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s2h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s2h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Protective Objects and Talisman Practice<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s2-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s2-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s2t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s2t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daoist protective practice centres on Fu talismans (\u7b26): calligraphed red or yellow paper strips whose formulaic inscriptions, written in bureaucratic language, encode a specific intended effect. They are <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Durch eine religi\u00f6se Handlung dem Heiligen \u00fcbergeben und damit aus dem Allt\u00e4glichen herausgehoben.\" tabindex=\"0\">consecrated<\/span>, hung at doors, kept in the house or carried on the body, or <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Zu einem festgelegten religi\u00f6sen Handlungsablauf geh\u00f6rig.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritually<\/span> burned.<\/p><p>Bagua mirrors above the entrance reflect harmful energies, while peachwood swords (taomujian) and small bells are used in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Rituelle Austreibung eines als sch\u00e4dlich verstandenen Geistes oder D\u00e4mons.\" tabindex=\"0\">exorcism<\/span> rituals. Consecrated varieties of incense accompany the household altars. Portable protective objects include pendants bearing characters for good fortune, jade plaques and official characters on cloth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s3h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s3h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inner Alchemy and Wai-Dan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s3-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s3-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s3t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s3t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A distinct current is inner <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A pre-modern combination of natural philosophy and symbolic science; working with material transformation as inner transformation.\" tabindex=\"0\">alchemy<\/span> (Neidan): meditation, breathing and visualisation practices aimed at immortality or the refinement of vital energy.<\/p><p>It stands in contrast to outer alchemy (Waidan), which experimented with metallurgical and plant-based substances and was historically a precursor of East Asian pharmacology. Central here is the notion of the body as a microcosm with its own <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die Gesamtheit der G\u00f6tter einer Religion oder Kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> of inner deities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s4h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s4h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interrelation with Buddhism and Folk Religion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s4-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s4-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s4t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s4t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>, Buddhism and the Confucian tradition often coexist within the same household in Chinese religious history. Popular religious practice draws on elements from all three strands: Daoist talismans alongside Buddhist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Eine heilige Silbe oder Formel, die im Hinduismus und Buddhismus wiederholt gesprochen wird.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span> recitations, and Confucian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Veneration of a family's deceased members as enduringly active protective powers.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancestor veneration<\/span> at household altars. Cross-references in the encyclopedia to <a href=\"\/en\/china\/\">China<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/buddhism\/\">Buddhism<\/a> complement this culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x-daoismus-s-faq e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"x-daoismus-s-faq\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x-daoismus-h-faq elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"x-daoismus-h-faq\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions about Daoism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s4-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s4-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x-daoismus-t-faq elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x-daoismus-t-faq\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>?<\/h3><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> is a Chinese religion and philosophy founded in the 6th century BCE by Laozi. Its central concept is the Dao (the Way). Religious <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> (from the 2nd century CE) developed a rich <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die Gesamtheit der G\u00f6tter einer Religion oder Kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> and rites of immortality.<\/p><h3>What are the Three Pure Ones?<\/h3><p>The Three Pure Ones (San Qing) are the highest gods of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>: Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun. They dwell in the three highest heavens and are the source of all creation.<\/p><h3>Who is Laozi?<\/h3><p>Laozi (the Old Master, 6th century BCE) is the legendary founder of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> and author of the Daodejing. In religious <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> he was deified as a cosmic manifestation of the Tao.<\/p><h3>What is Wuwei?<\/h3><p>Wuwei (non-action) is a central Daoist concept, not passive idleness but spontaneous, effortless action in harmony with the Dao. 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Religious <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> (from the 2nd century CE) developed a rich <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die Gesamtheit der G\u00f6tter einer Religion oder Kultur.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> and rites of immortality.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What are the Three Pure Ones?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The Three Pure Ones (San Qing) are the highest gods of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>: Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun. They dwell in the three highest heavens and are the source of all creation.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Who is Laozi?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Laozi (the Old Master, 6th century BCE) is the legendary founder of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> and author of the Daodejing. In religious <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> he was deified as a cosmic manifestation of the Tao.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is Wuwei?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Wuwei (non-action) is a central Daoist concept, not passive idleness but spontaneous, effortless action in harmony with the Dao. The Daoist does not act against the natural order; their action is like water.\"}}]}<\/script>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s5h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s5h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Present-Day Practice and State of Research<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s5-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s5-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s5t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s5t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Today, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> as an organised religion is present above all in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. The Quanzhen monastic order (with its main centre at Baiyun Guan in Beijing) and the Tianshi tradition (seated at Longhushan) form the most important institutions.<\/p><p><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">Religious studies<\/span> research, Kristofer Schipper, Livia Kohn and Isabelle Robinet, has methodically differentiated <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> as a tradition in its own right from Confucian and Buddhist religious history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s6h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s6h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source Material<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s6-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s6-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-s6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-s6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Daoist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die als verbindlich anerkannte Sammlung der heiligen Schriften einer Religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span>, the <em>Daozang<\/em>, comprises over 1,400 works from two millennia, liturgies, hagiographies, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Pre-modern union of natural philosophy and symbolic science; works with the transformation of matter as inner transformation.\" tabindex=\"0\">alchemical<\/span> treatises, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ein Gegenstand, dem eine Gl\u00fcck oder Erfolg herbeif\u00fchrende Wirkung zugeschrieben wird.\" tabindex=\"0\">talisman<\/span> collections and philosophical texts. The most important translations into German and English are: Schipper\/Verellen, <em>The Taoist Canon<\/em> (2004), and Kohn, <em>Daoism Handbook<\/em> (2000). For accounts of practice: Saso, Lagerwey, Andersen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2793a916 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2793a916\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp201bb4d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp201bb4d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Schools of Religious Daoism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2b26abaa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2b26abaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2eb78908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp2eb78908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Religious <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>, in Chinese <em>daojiao<\/em>, is not a uniform institution but a web of schools with their own lineages, scriptures and rites.<\/p><p>The earliest organised movement is held to be the <em>Tianshi dao<\/em>, the Way of the Celestial Masters, which according to <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die Weitergabe von Wissen und Erz\u00e4hlungen \u00fcber Generationen.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> arose in 142 CE through a revelation to Zhang Daoling in Sichuan.<\/p><p>This tradition developed its own priesthood, which to this day is mostly passed from father to son, and knows no celibate monks.<\/p><p>In the medieval period the revelation traditions of <em>Shangqing<\/em> (Highest Clarity) and <em>Lingbao<\/em> (Numinous Treasure) were added. Shangqing, which goes back to the visions of the medium Yang Xi in the years around 364 to 370, emphasises inner meditation, the contemplation of the stellar deities and the perfection of the individual adept.<\/p><p>Lingbao, by contrast, adopted collective rituals and notions of universal salvation, in part under Buddhist influence. Both corpora form core holdings of the Daoist canon.<\/p><p>During the Song and Yuan periods the <em>Quanzhen<\/em> school (Complete Reality) emerged, founded by Wang Chongyang in the 12th century. It introduced a monastic, celibate form of monkhood and combined Daoist inner alchemy with elements of Chan Buddhism and Confucian ethics.<\/p><p>Its principal monastery, the White Cloud <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A structure that serves the veneration of one or more deities.\" tabindex=\"0\">Temple<\/span> in Beijing, remains to this day the seat of the state-recognised <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> Association of the People&#8217;s Republic.<\/p><p>The Daoist landscape today is broadly divided into two main lineages: the married <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> specialists of the Zhengyi tradition, regarded as heirs of the Celestial Masters, and the monastic communities of the Quanzhen school.<\/p><p>Alongside these exist countless local variants, such as the ritual masters of southern China and Taiwan, whose practice cannot be neatly assigned to one of the major schools.<\/p><p>Scholarship, such as the work of Kristofer Schipper and John Lagerwey, has shown how closely Daoist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die festgelegte Ordnung des Gottesdienstes einer Religionsgemeinschaft.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> is interwoven with local folk religion. Related currents are treated in the hubs <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/buddhism\/\">Buddhism<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/china\/\">China<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2bde3b3c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2bde3b3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp233652ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp233652ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cosmology: Dao, Qi and the Order of the World<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp20356d39 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp20356d39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp22c283f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp22c283f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Daoist worldview, the <em>Dao<\/em>, literally the Way, stands for an unnameable primal ground from which all that exists emerges.<\/p><p>According to the classic scheme of the <em>Daodejing<\/em>, the One first arises from the Dao, from this the twofold, then the threefold and finally the ten thousand things. This bringing-forth is conceived not as a single act of creation but as an ongoing process in which order and dissolution alternate.<\/p><p>The working medium of this process is <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In der chinesischen Vorstellung die wirkende Lebenskraft, die alles durchstr\u00f6mt.\" tabindex=\"0\">qi<\/span><\/em>, a kind of life-breath or subtle energy that pulses in all phenomena. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In der chinesischen Vorstellung die wirkende Lebenskraft, die alles durchstr\u00f6mt.\" tabindex=\"0\">Qi<\/span> polarises into <em>yin<\/em> and <em>yang<\/em>, two complementary aspects whose interplay gives rise to the phases of transformation, in Chinese <em>wuxing<\/em>: wood, fire, earth, metal and water.<\/p><p>These phases are not substances but functional patterns by which the seasons, the cardinal directions, the organs and social processes are interpreted.<\/p><p>In <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> the human body is regarded as a miniature image of the cosmos. Numerous deities dwell within it, and the same energy currents flow through it as through heaven and earth.<\/p><p>From this developed inner alchemy, <em>neidan<\/em>, which seeks through meditation, breath control and ethical discipline to refine the vital energies and ultimately to produce an immortal embryo.<\/p><p>The older outer alchemy, <em>waidan<\/em>, pursued the same goal through mineral elixirs and receded over the course of the Tang period in favour of the inner practice.<\/p><p>The afterlife is conceived in strongly bureaucratic terms in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>. The world of the dead and the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> is administered by a celestial bureaucracy that keeps registers, imposes punishments and receives petitions.<\/p><p>In their rituals, Daoist priests act as intermediaries before this apparatus, submitting written memorials and thereby ordering the relationship between the living, the dead and the gods. This administrative view also shapes the conception of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span> and restless deceased, who are treated in <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Handed over to the sacred through a religious act and thereby set apart from the everyday.\" tabindex=\"0\">dedicated<\/span> entity pages of this cultural sphere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2a5b42d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2a5b42d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2c9f7587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2c9f7587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Daoist Canon and Its Transmission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp27dd1ce8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp27dd1ce8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp26694ab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp26694ab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The scriptures of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> are gathered in the <em>Daozang<\/em>, the Daoist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die als verbindlich anerkannte Sammlung der heiligen Schriften einer Religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span>. Its authoritative present-day version was compiled in 1444 to 1445 under the Ming dynasty and supplemented by an addendum in 1607. It comprises around 1,500 individual texts, including philosophical classics, ritual manuals, alchemical treatises, hagiographies and revelation scriptures.<\/p><p>Earlier canon collections of the Tang and Song periods survive only in fragments or catalogues.<\/p><p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die als verbindlich anerkannte Sammlung der heiligen Schriften einer Religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span> is arranged according to the scheme of the three caverns and four supplements, which originally reflected the corpora of Shangqing, Lingbao and the Three Sovereigns tradition.<\/p><p>This organisation became confusing over time, as ever new texts were added without the old structure being adapted. For modern scholarship, opening up the canon was therefore a major undertaking in its own right.<\/p><p>A turning point came with <em>The Taoist Canon<\/em>, initiated by Kristofer Schipper and edited together with Franciscus Verellen, a three-volume analytical catalogue that appeared in 2004. It describes every text of the Daozang by dating, school and content, and for the first time made the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die als verbindlich anerkannte Sammlung der heiligen Schriften einer Religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span> systematically usable.<\/p><p>Textual finds also played an important role, above all the manuscripts from the caves of Dunhuang, which preserve numerous Daoist scriptures in versions predating the Ming redaction.<\/p><p>Alongside the Daozang there are extensive holdings that were never incorporated into the official <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die als verbindlich anerkannte Sammlung der heiligen Schriften einer Religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">canon<\/span>: local ritual manuscripts, manuscripts guarded by priestly families, and printed popular writings.<\/p><p>It is precisely these materials, often documented only in recent decades through fieldwork, that show how far lived practice extends beyond the canonised holdings. The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">transmission<\/span> situation is thus doubly characterised: by a relatively well-edited core and by a barely surveyable, regionally fragmented periphery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp203dc91c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp203dc91c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2697b168 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2697b168\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Daoism in the Present<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2bca0568 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2bca0568\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp27f9521c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp27f9521c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> of the 20th century was affected by profound upheavals. The Republican period brought religion-critical reform movements, and the Cultural Revolution between 1966 and 1976 led to the destruction of many <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ein Bauwerk, das der Verehrung einer oder mehrerer Gottheiten dient.\" tabindex=\"0\">temples<\/span>, the dissolution of monasteries and the breaking of transmission lineages.<\/p><p>Only since the late 1970s has limited religious practice again become possible in the People&#8217;s Republic, supervised by the state-recognised Chinese <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> Association.<\/p><p>In Taiwan, Hong Kong and among the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, the tradition was preserved in a more living form.<\/p><p>Taiwan in particular is regarded as a stronghold of the Zhengyi <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die festgelegte Ordnung des Gottesdienstes einer Religionsgemeinschaft.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span>, because there priestly families were able to preserve their ritual books and their knowledge through the political upheavals. A considerable part of what scholarship knows about Daoist <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die festgelegte Ordnung des Gottesdienstes einer Religionsgemeinschaft.\" tabindex=\"0\">liturgy<\/span> rests on fieldwork in southern Taiwan since the 1960s.<\/p><p>Since the 1980s a cautious revitalisation has been observable. <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ein Bauwerk, das der Verehrung einer oder mehrerer Gottheiten dient.\" tabindex=\"0\">Temples<\/span> are being rebuilt, monasteries are admitting novices, and large communal renewal rituals, called <em>jiao<\/em>, are once again being held regularly in many regions.<\/p><p>At the same time, the tourism industry is transforming <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Belonging to the divine and thereby withdrawn from everyday use.\" tabindex=\"0\">sacred<\/span> mountains such as Wudang or Qingcheng, which stand somewhere between <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religiously motivated journey to a sacred site.\" tabindex=\"0\">pilgrimage<\/span> site and excursion destination.<\/p><p>In the West, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> has been received since the 19th century above all through the <em>Daodejing<\/em> and the <em>Zhuangzi<\/em>, often detached from ritual practice and institutional history. From this arose a popular image of a purely philosophical or nature-mystical <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span>, which <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Die Wissenschaft, die Religionen vergleichend und ohne Glaubensbindung erforscht.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span> has long recognised as reductive.<\/p><p>Practices such as <em>taiji quan<\/em>, <em>qigong<\/em> and parts of traditional medicine carry Daoist thought into global health and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esoteric<\/span> culture, though mostly in heavily reshaped form. A critical assessment must take this history of appropriation into account rather than mistaking it for authentic tradition.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-kwd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-kwd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-kwd-c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-kwd-c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-kwdt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-kwdt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Related key terms: Laozi Daodejing Wuwei Yuhuang Bagua Fu <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ein Gegenstand, dem eine Gl\u00fcck oder Erfolg herbeif\u00fchrende Wirkung zugeschrieben wird.\" tabindex=\"0\">talisman<\/span> Celestial Officials Three Pure Ones Baxian Wai-Dan Nei-Dan.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-cc-daoismus\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-ccinner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-ccinner\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-cch elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-cch\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Protective Objects in This Cultural Tradition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-cct elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-cct\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Daoist tradition works with Fu scrolls, Bagua mirrors, peachwood swords and the tending of household gods; 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Not a medical device. No promise of healing.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-disc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-disc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcn-daoismus-discw elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"iwgcn-daoismus-discw\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<footer data-nosnippet=\"true\" class=\"iwg-disclaimer-block\"><p data-nosnippet=\"true\">iWell Guard is <strong>not a medical device<\/strong> and does not replace medical or psychotherapeutic treatment. The religious studies content is cultural-historical contextualisation, not a recommendation for spiritual practice.<\/p><\/footer>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgssrev-daoismus e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgssrev-daoismus\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgssrev-daoismus-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgssrev-daoismus-h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Protective Symbols from Daoism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgssrev-daoismus-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgssrev-daoismus-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The encyclopedia of protective symbols treats several signs and objects from <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Chinesische religi\u00f6s-philosophische Tradition, die sich am Dao, dem Weg, ausrichtet.\" tabindex=\"0\">Daoism<\/span> on dedicated pages: <a href=\"\/en\/fu-talisman-the-daoist-paper-talisman\/\">Fu talisman<\/a>. A cross-cultural overview is offered by the page on <a href=\"\/en\/protective-symbols\/\">protective symbols<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daoist Gods, Laozi and the Three Pure Ones The Daoist tradition arose in China during the Later Han period as a religious and philosophical movement around Laozi and the Daodejing. It encompasses a multilayered pantheon of celestial officials, a pronounced talisman practice and a ritualised everyday repertoire for the protection of house and person. 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