Huangjidao (皇极道 "Way of the Imperial Pole" or "Imperial Ultimate") or Huangjiism (皇极教 ''Huáng jí jiào'') 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 various leaders and members in those years.
History
The Huangjidao members Zhou Jinfan and Tan Fangyou were arrested in
Lichuan,
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The ...
, in the early 1980s. Their fate is unknown. Based on official records, Zhou was a long-time sympathiser of Huangjidao who unearthed a number of long-buried
tracts, including the "Garden of the Great Harvest" and the "Precious Confession of the Ten Catastrophes". He transmitted them to another Huangjidao member, Tan Fangyou, who acquired additional texts and copied out by hand 20 volumes of such material, and distributed them in all directions to spread the faith.
The sect's doctrine includes the
Three Suns belief 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 ...
. Members become involved in the sect mainly as a means of cultivating their moral character and inner essence (''xiushen yangxing''). Some members avoid matrimony and engage in long-life techniques and martial arts to serve as the army of Huangjidao.
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