Home›Chinese Religious & Philosophical Figures›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups historical figures by the religious tradition they belonged to or helped shape, connecting a person to the belief system that claims them. Wikipedia describes a tradition as "a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past." Browsing this way lets a visitor read every founder, reformer or teacher from one tradition together, rather than finding them scattered by century.FactsTraditionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1TraditionFilter Results3 entriesAdherents Today MaximumAll2,300,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,300,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (3)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline End YearAll1976 (2)Era of Decline Start YearAll1966 (2)Establishment StatusAllEstablished (1)Varies by Province (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2011-12-19 (1)2015-01-01 (1)2016-01-01 (1)2018-01-01 (2)2020-01-01 (1)2021-01-01 (1)2023-08-30 (1)Origin Period End YearAll479 BCE (1)50 (1)142 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll551 BCE (1)400 BCE (1)30 (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (3)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)TheologyAllAncestor-centred (1)Monistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Non-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareChristianityTradition2 entriesConfucianismTradition12 entriesTaoismTradition10 entriesConnectionsAssociated WithYijing, Historical Figures Well-attested This source names Yijing directly: "Taoist patriarchs and priestesses, the Yijing scholars and commentators, and the Confucian and Legalist philosophers whose systems shaped Chinese religious and political life alike, since the..."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.