Sect of Taoism

The public, mistakenly, thinks there are only two school of Taoism; Northern Taoism School (quan zhen Pai) and Southern Taoism School  (zhen yi Pai).

However, historically, there are more than thousand other sect/lineage/schools that doesn't relate to this two school. Many of which existed previous to and were far older than either the Northern or Southern schools.

Today, in our current era, there are still countless schools that can not be classified as Northern(quan zhen) or Southern(zhen yi).

Each of these schools (many thousand) developed their own system and each one has its own uniqueness. The majority, however, of all Taoist sects/schools place Lao Zi (Incarnation of Tai Shang Lao Jun) as their main focus.


Due to the way Taoism was promulgated in the past, it has been classified into 4 distinct groups;

1.  Philosophy Taoism - Dao Xue.
     The basic concept of Taoism. These groups primarily study the many Taoist
     books of Philosophy that were left to us by the many different Taoist Spiritual
     Masters.

2.  Folk Religion Taoism - Dong Shu Dao Jiao
     Folk beliefs & traditions of Taoism popular with the general public. Within this
     group myth and fact is intertwined.

3.  Religion Taoism Sect / School - Dao Jiao
     The public version of Taoist Tradition that is being taught to the
     Adherent (follower)/public.

4.  Spiritual Taoism School - Dao Shu 
     This group studies the 'nucleus' of Taoism, which is the spiritual side. Every
     great Taoist master in the past had thousands of Adherents/Followers, creating
     a public or generalized Taoist religion. However, the spiritual Taoist teachings
     were only passed down to a few select Disciples..