全真道的创建与教旨

全真道是由王重阳在山东宁海创立的。在山东半岛,他度化了七大弟子即后来的北七真,山东半岛遂成为全真道的重要阵地。全真即全有形之物的本真,这个本真就是万物所蕴涵的道,道也就是真。人的本真就是人的本性,亦即人的道性。故全真道因倡导保全人的本真、纯粹人的本性而得名。

Foundation and Doctrine of the Quanzhen Taoism

The Quanzhen Taoism was founded by Wang Chongyang in Ninghai, Shandong Province. Wang enlightened his seven great disciples at the Shandong Peninsula, and the area thus became an important position of the Quanzhen Taoism. The Quanzhen (entire true) means the natural true of all the physical, which is the Tao within the creation; the Tao is just the true. The entire true of man is the human nature, i.e. the human virtue. And the Quanzhen Taoism is thus named for its advocacy of preserving the natural true as well as the pure nature of the human beings.