主編:詹石窗
出版:香港蓬瀛仙館
ISSN 1728-7642

Daoism Studies ›› 2022, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 79-97.

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Making Rules with the Imitation of Heaven: Star Worship in Taipingjing and Its Efects on the Daoism from Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty

Shi Qinsheng   

  • Online:2022-06-10 Published:2022-11-10
  • About author:Shi Qinsheng, Ph.D. Candidate, Sichuan University, Institute of Taoism and Religious Culture; Research Directions: Chinese Daoism; Address: Institute of Daoism and Religious Culture, Liberal Arts Building, Sichuan University, No. 29, W angjiang Road, Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Postcode: 610064; Email: sqs1994@qq.com.

Abstract: Based on the astrology and star beliefs in the Qin and Han Dynasties, by integrating the yinyang (陰陽) wuxing (五行) theory, the divination ideology and the immortal thoughts, the Taoist scripture Taipingjing (太平經) in Han Dynasty constructs a characterized theory of star worship. It emphasis on astronomy and astrology, the integration of the belief system of the star gods, the crcation of the theory of the stars in charge of fatc, along with the pattern of star wotrship of sanguang (三光) , especially respect the Polaris and the Great Dipper with five stars and 28 stellar mansions, which are all important ideological resources for the construction of Daoism from Jin to Tang Dynasties.

Key words: Taipingjing (太平經) , Star worship, the Daoism from Han to Tang Dynasties, The Great Dipper, Mingji (命籍)