Zhang Daoling

Zhang Daoling

Zhang Ling (simplified Chinese: 张陵; traditional Chinese: 張陵; pinyin: Zhāng Líng; Wade–Giles: Chang Ling; traditionally 22 February 34–10 October 156), courtesy name Fuhan (simplified Chinese: 辅汉; traditional Chinese: 輔漢), was a Chinese religious leader who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty credited with founding the Way of the Celestial Masters sect of Taoism, which is also known as the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice, and he is credited as being the founder of Taoism in legend. He is also known as Zhang Daoling (张道陵; 張道陵; Zhāng Dàolíng; Chang Tao-ling), Celestial Master Zhang (張天師, Zhāng tiānshī), Ancestral Celestial Master (祖天師, Zǔtiānshī) or Zhengyi Zhenren (正一真人) to Taoists. Zhang is sometimes pictured riding on a tiger. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhang Daoling has received more than 175,685 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Zhang Daoling is the 570th most popular philosopher (down from 564th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from China (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Chinese Philosopher.