Zhongyongdao (中庸道 "Way of the Golden Mean") is a
Chinese folk religious sect
Chinese salvationist religions or Chinese folk religious sects are a Chinese religious tradition characterised by a concern for salvation (moral fulfillment) of the person and the society.; ''passim'' They are distinguished by egalitarianism, a f ...
that as of the 1980s was a proscribed religion in
China as testified by the arrest of one of its leaders, Tang Tianxu, in
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
in 1981.
History
Tang Tianxu was a leader of Zhongyingdao who was arrested in the
Kaijiang County
Kaijiang County () is a county in the east of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Dazhou city. It has a population of 550,000, of which 87,000 in the urban area.
Kaijiang was established in 553 and until 1914 it was named X ...
of Sichuan in 1981. It is not known what sentence he received. According to an official report, in June of that year Tang gathered a "Thunder Patriarch Assembly", a religious gathering, binding together over ten thousands sticks of incense to create one great "heavenly incense". On that occasion he instructed the people about
eschatology
Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that nega ...
, proclaiming the end of the
''jiazi'' and a new emperor to come.
See also
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Chinese salvationist religions
Chinese salvationist religions or Chinese folk religious sects are a Chinese religious tradition characterised by a concern for salvation (moral fulfillment) of the person and the society.; ''passim'' They are distinguished by egalitarianism, a ...
References
Sources
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** List first published in: {{cite journal , title = Appendix: Sects and Societies Recently or Currently Active in the PRC , journal = Chinese Sociology & Anthropology , volume = 21 , issue = 4 , pages = 103–104 , date = 1989 , doi = 10.2753/CSA0009-46252104102
Chinese salvationist religions