Way of Former Heaven (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Way of Former Heaven (Pinyin Xi nti n D o,, Wade-Giles Hsien-t'ien tao) encompasses five religious groups of Chinese origin. They claim to strive for the unification of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and other religions. They were violently suppressed at one point in history. The sum of adherents of these groups exceeded 5 million in 1947.The sect can be traced back to the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). It is usually referred to as White Lotus Sect (Bailian Jiao), which has a negative meaning in modern Taiwan and is associated with secret, illegal, rebellious sects.