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The Way of the Celestial Masters or the Heavenly Masters Sect is a Chinese Taoist movement that was founded by Zhang Daoling in 142 AD. Its followers rebelled against the Han dynasty, and won their independence in 194. At its height, the movement controlled a theocratic state in what is now Sichuan.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Way of the Celestial Masters | Hanyu Pinyin | Tiān Shī Dào | 1.00 | infobox |
| Way of the Celestial Masters | Simplified Chinese | 天师道 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Way of the Celestial Masters | Traditional Chinese | 天師道 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Way of the Celestial Masters | Transcriptions | TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinTiān Shī Dào | 1.00 | infobox |
| sweating | instance of | Qi could be lost from the body through things | 0.80 | text |
| ejaculation | instance of | Qi could be lost from the body through things | 0.80 | text |
| air | instance of | but only noncorporeal things | 0.80 | text |
| which the person could absorb through meditation.Sexual practices | instance of | but only noncorporeal things | 0.80 | text |
| the Shangqing | instance of | the Celestial Masters are the ancestors of subsequent Daoist movements | 0.80 | text |
| Lingbao movements | instance of | the Celestial Masters are the ancestors of subsequent Daoist movements | 0.80 | text |
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