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Shangqing School

上清派 zh 상청파 ko

Taoist movement from Jin dynasty China based on scriptures revealed to Wei Huacun (251–334) and Yang Xi (330–c. 386)

  • Dated from 4th century CE
  • Also called Supreme Clarity, School of Supreme Clarity, Shangqing

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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞; b. 1786, d. 1865) · Public domain

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