天てん師し道どう

noun

Way of the Celestial Masters

Historical term for an ancient Chinese Daoist movement, originally known as the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (五斗米道). Used in academic or historical contexts.

See also: 五斗米道

• 天てん師し道どうは後ご漢かん末まっ期きに張ちょう陵りょうによって創そう始しされたと伝つたえられる。

  The Way of the Celestial Masters is said to have been founded by Zhang Ling in the late Eastern Han dynasty.

• 五ご斗と米べい道どうはのちに天てん師し道どうと呼よばれるようになった。

  The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice later came to be called the Way of the Celestial Masters.