Huangtiandao Explained

Huangtiandao (黃天道 "Way of the Yellow Sky / Heaven", also written with the homophonous characters 皇天道 "Way of the Kingly Sky"), also known as Huangtianism (黄天教 Huángtiān jiào) or Xuanguism (悬鼓教 Xuángǔ jiào, "Dark Drum teaching"), is a Chinese folk religious sect of northern China. It was founded by Li Bin (李賓), a former soldier who retired after losing an eye, in 1553 in Xuanhua, Hebei.

See also

• Chinese folk religion
• Chinese salvationist religions

Sources

• Shek . Richard . Millenarianism without rebellion: the Huangtiandao in north China . Modern China . 8 . 305–36 . 1982 . 3 . 10.1177/009770048200800302 . 143817787 .
• Cao . Xinyu . 明清民間教門的地方化：鮮為人知的黃天道歷史 (Localized redemption: Unknown stories of the Yellow Heaven Way) . 清史研究 Qingshi Yanjiu . 2 . 1–25 . 2013 .
• Book: Seiwert, Hubert Michael . 2003 . Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History . Brill . 9004131469 .