釋氏稽古略 1.509

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正一道教　永和六年。四川西道成都路崇慶州鶴鳴山有士曰張道陵。自號天師。造符水醮籙之術。著道書二十四卷。百姓求其道咸歸焉。道陵死傳之子衡。衡死傳之子魯盛行於世。道家醮禱宗此。而始傳嗣及今。天下宗仰。是曰正一教焉。

The Zhengyi Daoist Teaching. In the sixth year of Yonghe, on Mount Heming in Chongqing Prefecture, Chengdu Circuit, of Sichuan West Circuit, there was a scholar named Zhang Daoling, who styled himself the Celestial Master. He fashioned methods of talismans, water, sacrificial offerings, and registers, and composed Daoist writings in twenty-four fascicles. The common people sought his Dao and all took refuge with him. When Daoling died, he transmitted it to his son Heng; when Heng died, he transmitted it to his son Lu, and it spread widely in the world. Daoist sacrificial prayers took this as their ancestor, and its transmission has continued down to the present day, revered by the whole realm. This is called the Zhengyi Teaching.