破邪論 2.12

2.12

The *Records of Wei* states: Zhang Lu, courtesy name Gongqi. His grandfather Ling traveled to Shu to practice the Way in Mount Huming, fabricating Daoist books to delude the common people. Those who received the Way from him contributed five pecks of rice, so the world called them the 'Rice Bandits'. When Ling died, his son Heng transmitted the practice; when Heng died, Lu transmitted it in turn. Ling was the Celestial Master, Heng was the Inheriting Master, and Lu was the Lineage Master; they called themselves the Three Masters. Lu was originally on good terms with Liu Yan. When Yan died and his son Liu Zhang succeeded him, Zhang killed Lu's mother and household because Lu was disobedient. Lu then occupied Hanzhong and transformed the people with demonic arts, taking talismans, registers, petitions, and prohibitions as the foundation. Those who first came to study were called 'Demon Soldiers'. Those who received the Way offered gold and silk goods, and were called 'Libationers', each leading a band of followers; those with large followings were called 'Parish Heads'. The sick were made to confess their transgressions; all of this was broadly similar to Zhang Jue.