Taoist priest is the name given to Taoist clergy. Because the Taoist priest pursues ascension and feathering, the world also calls it feather clothes, feather ke, feather priests, etc., female Taoist priests are also called female Taoists, Taoist aunts or female crowns, and the Quanzhen Taoist sect calls male Taoists "dry road" and female Taoist priests "Kun Dao". There are different levels and categories of Taoist priests, such as male Taoists are divided into Taoist priests of the Cave God Department, Taoist priests of the High Xuan Division, and Taoist priests of the Ascending Xuan Division; The female road is divided into the female official of the Zhengyi League, the female official of the cave god, the female official of Gao Xuan, etc.
The Three Caves of the Taoist Commandments will be the Taoist priest for the naïve Taoist, the immortal Taoist, the mountain Taoist priest, the monk Taoist, the Taoist priest at home, and the sacrificial Taoist priest.
The Taishang Cave Xuanling Treasure Ordained Karma Sutra divides the Taoist priests into seven categories, namely one is innocent, two are immortals, three are secluded, four are mountain dwellings, five are monks, six are at home, and seven are sacrificial wine.
In the "Three Caves of the Taoist Precept Camp" and "The Brief Explanation of the Teaching of the Three Caves Sutra Precepts", the Taoist priests are divided into positive according to the level of the sutra precepts received.
1. Gao Xuan, Cave God, Shengxuan, Cave Xuan, Dongzhen, Big Cave, Three Caves, Jushan and so on.
The Taoist priest Zhu Faman of the Tang Dynasty divided it into five levels according to the age of the Taoist monk, seven to eleven years old, called Pu Daoshi; Twelve to fourteen years old, called Qingxin Taoist; Between the ages of fifteen and nineteen, he is called a benevolent Taoist; Twenty to sixty years old, called Honghu Taoist; Between the ages of seventy and ninety, he is called the abbot Taoist.
During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Taoism was corrected.
1. There are two schools of truth, so they are also known as Zhengyi and Quanzhen Taoists, and Zhengyi is also known as Huoju Taoists.
There is a big difference between the official, the people, and the Taoist priest in the title of Taoist priest.
Common titles include: Taoist, Taoist, Huangguan, Gandao, Kundao, Daogu, etc.
Honorific titles include: Yuke, Heavenly Master, Sir, Mage, Master, Refiner, Lawyer, Taoist, etc.
Self-proclaimed and mutually pronounced: A certain master is called by a Taoist priest, and his surname is added before "master". The "Ten Directions Resident" Taoists, each performing their own duties, are deacons, and they can add the honorific title of "master" after the things they do, such as the master of the Zhike, the master of the prison, etc.; The old cultivator is an honorific title when he meets fellow Taoists for the first time and does not know each other, referring to a highly respected Taoist priest. In addition, there are poor roads, ** Taoist friends, Taoist brothers, etc.
Special titles: real people, the emperor called certain Taoist figures or famous high Taoists "real people"; Patriarch, the founder of each sect, is an honorific title for the originator of each sect.
Teaching titles: Abbot, Supervisor, Deacon, etc.