Tradition East Asian traditions
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
五斗米道 zh 오두미도 ko
Chinese Taoist movement founded in 142 CE
- Dated from 142 CE
- Also called Five Pecks of Rice Rebellion, Way of the Celestial Master
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches and affiliations
Many paths. Shared histories.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
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Recorded as a branch of
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Overview
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Attributed founding
Whom the records name as founder
What this means
An attribution, and a contested one in most traditions: it does not mean the tradition began fully formed, nor that later adherents accept the attribution.
Does not imply that the tradition began fully formed · that later adherents accept the attribution
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Connections
How Way of the Five Pecks of Rice connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply personal belief at every point in a life · the practice of a population
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Succession in office 1
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
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Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
4 statements on this record
- 4 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Text
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Review
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Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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