51、问：道教五岳名山在什么地方？

答：东岳泰山（在山东泰安）、南岳衡山（在湖南衡阳）、西岳华山（在陕西华阴）、北岳恒山（在河北曲阳或山西浑源）、中岳嵩山（在河南登封）。

52、问：子午时是什么时间？

答：深夜二十三点至凌晨一点为子时，上午十一点至十三点为午时。（每隔二小时为一个时辰）

53、问：天干和地支是什么？

答：天干为：甲、乙、丙、丁、戊、已、庚、辛、壬、癸。十二地支是：子（鼠）丑（牛）寅（虎）卯（兔）辰（龙）巳（蛇）午（马）未（羊）申（猴）酉（鸡）戍（狗）亥（猪）。天干与十二地支循环相配为六十甲子。

54、问：什么是戊不朝真？

答：道教凡是六戊不朝真，不烧香、诵经、不朝拜，不建斋设醮。六戊，即：戊子、戊寅、戊辰、戊午、戊申、戊戍日，这叫“明戊”。《抱朴子》云：“天地逢戊则迁，出军逢戊则伤，蛇逢戊不进，燕逢戊不衔泥”。《女青天律》云：”若法官道士焚香诵经，不禁六戊，钟鼓齐鸣，进表上章关奏天曹者罪加一倍；禁戊不犯者功德无量”。念皇经和拜静斗的老修行，亦忌“暗戊”，口诀为：“正羊（未日），二犬（戍日），三在辰，四月期间不犯寅，五午六子七鸡（酉日）位，八月周流又到申，九蛇（巳日），十猪（亥日），十一兔（卯日），十二牛头（丑日）重千斤”。

55、问：什么是道不言寿？

答：修道之士，忌讳人们询问其年龄，这是因为“道不言寿”的缘故。因为道教的思想基础是悦生恶死，而追求长生成仙，所以道不言寿也。

56、问：什么是三元五腊？

答：三元节日是：正月十五日上元天官节，七月十五日中元地官节，十月十五日下元水官节。五腊节日是：正月初一日天腊，五月初五日地腊，七月初七日道德腊，十月初一日民岁腊，十二月初八日王侯腊。

57、问：十二黄道日歌内容？

答：子午临申地，丑未戍上寻，寅申居子位，卯酉却加寅，辰戍龙位上，已亥午中行。一青龙黄，二明堂黄，三天刑黑，四朱雀黑，五金匮黄，六天德黄，七白虎黑，八玉堂黄，九天牢黑，十玄武黑，十一司命黄，十二勾陈黑。

此亦即：道远几时通达路遥何日还乡十二字黄道法。

58、问：全真道土为什么要冠巾？

答：是出家道士正式成为道士的仪式。冠巾又称“小受戒”，凡出家者，度师必亲为诵经礼忏。如自悟大成，未请科事，不妨道友代诵经礼忏。先令罪过消除，方可穿戴太上巾袍。次奏疏文，上达三官大帝，牒移太乙灵官部下，即当拥护。

行冠巾礼，有数师，高功为冠巾师。度师即恩师，是亲师父。梳发挽髻者称：拢发师。引导行礼的称：引进师或引礼师。

59、问：全真教的主要教义是什么？

答：根据《道德经》则尊道，主张无心忘言，柔弱清静。正心诚意，少思寡欲。注重修行，分为真功和真行。真功即内修，其修持大略以识心见性，除情去欲，忍耻含垢，苦己利人为宗。全真因内修“求返其真”，主张功行双全，以期成仙证真，所以叫“全真”。这种内修主要是修养精神，即性，也称为性功，全真教既修性，也修命。真行即外修，主张济世度人。

60、问：丘长春祖师是怎样使全真教走向全盛？

答：丘祖拜王重阳祖师为师，金世宗大定十四年（1174年）入蟠溪穴居，乞食度日，行携一蓑。随后赴陇卅龙门山修道，为全真龙门派创始人。1191年后，他以栖霞县太虚观为中心进行传教活动，受到金章宗重视。他广结高官显贵，又大力拯救民众苦难，获得极大声誉。于1220年率徒一行十八人应成吉思汗之召，不远万里，西行到印度河上游成吉思汗行宫。他三次晋见成吉思汗，太祖问他治理天下良策，他回答以“敬天爱民”为本；问长生久视之道，回答以“清心寡欲，无为清静”为要。劝不可杀人，禁止不孝和色欲，深得欢心。成吉思汗封他为神仙，授予道士免除一切赋税的特权，令丘祖掌管天下道教。1227年诏改太极宫为长春宫（今北京白云观），赐丘祖金虎牌，由于成吉思汗的支持，后道侣云集，全真教大兴。主张修道者应出家，断绝一切尘缘，清心寡欲，即为修道成仙之根本。

 

51. What are the five sacred mountains by Daoism and where are they?

 

The five sacred mountains are also called the "Five Yue". Yue means mountain. Taishan mountain in Shandong Province is called Dong Yue or Yue on the East; Hua Shan near Xi'an is called Xi Yue or Yue on the West; Heng Shan mountain in Hebei Proveince is called Bei Yue or Yue on the North; Heng Shan mountain in Hunan Province is called Nan Yue or the Yue on the South; Song Shan mountain in Henan Province is called Zhong Yue or Yue in the Center.

 

52. What is the time of "Zi" and "Wu"?

 

Chinese Traditionally divides the time in a day into 12 two-hour-periods. The period from 2300 hour of the prior day to 0100 hour is called "Zi", and the period from 1100 hour to 1300 hour is called "Wu".

 

53. What are "Tian Gan" and "Di Zhi"?

 

"Tian Gan" is group of 10 numeric like denotations; "Di Zhi" is a similar group of 12 numerical denotations. "Tian Gan" and "Di Zhi" can be mixed and matched to form a series of 60 symbols to mark date or time.

 

Each of the 12 "Di Zhi" is also associated with a special animal, it is also known as the Chinese Zodiacs.

 

54. What Taoists do not perform rituals on the days of "Wu"?

 

"Wu" here refers to the fifth day by the "Tian Gan" time system. According to the classics, on these days Heaven and Earth will go through certain shifts or changes. Therefore no ritual of any kind is allowed on "Wu" days, and the breaking this rule will bring hefty punishments.

 

55. Why Taoists do not like to be asked of their age?

 

Longevity is the goal of Daoism, asking the age of Taoists is like saying they are still bonded by time and death.

 

56. What are "San Yuan" and "Wu La"?

 

"San" and "Wu" here means number 3 and 5. "San Yuan" and "Wu La" refers to 8 special holidays in Daoism.

 

57. What are the "Shi Er Huang Dao"?

 

"Shi Er Huang Dao" are 12 even divisions of the track of the sun in the sky within a year. The concept is extensively used in selecting suitable days for events and Taoist astrology in general.

 

58. Why do Daoism monks wear "Guan-Jin"?

 

"Guan-Jin" are headdresses for Daoism monks who have being through certain initiations. They symbolize the status, the achievement and the commitment of the monks who are wearing them.

 

59. What are the basic believes of the Quan-Zhen Daoism?

 

The sect of Quan-Zhen Daoism bases most of it’s believes on “Dao De Jing”. It advocates silence, purity, tranquility, softness, sincerity, abstinence and etc. It emphasizes on self cultivation, and the self cultivation includes two parts: "Zhen-Gong" or True Effort and "Zhen-Xing" or True Work.

 

True Effort means the cultivation within oneself, in other words, it means to dispel desires, to be humble in social dealings, to uplift wisdom and spiritual self, and to uncover one's true nature. True Work means to do good for others and the society.

 

60. Who is Grand Master Qiu Chang Chun?

 

Qiu Chang Chun is a student of Wang Chong Yang the founder Quan-Zhen Daoism. Qiu himself is the founder of Long Meng Daoism Sect (Dragon Gate Taoist Sect), one of the mostly influential Taoist branches. Grand Master Qiu went through extreme hardship during his time of learning which made him extremely knowledgeable in Dao, and extremely high in the realization of the Dao.

 

In the year 1220 on invitation, Grand Master Qiu Chang Chun with 18 followers made a long journey to visit the ruler Genghis Khan. During this and other meetings followed, when asked about the principles for managing a nation, Grand Master Qiu Chang Chun answered with "cleanse the mind, limit the desires, maintain purity and tranquility, and do nothing out of the course of nature". Grand master Qiu Chang Chun had also advised Genghis Khan to encourage filial piety in the society and to curb people's desire. He had suggested to the ruler to avoid killing as much as possible although it was a time of war. These words were well taken by Genghis Khan. Grand master Qiu Chang Chun was thereafter being given the honorable title of "Shen Xian"(immortal) and the position as Head Master who lead off all Daoism associations in the country. Genghis Khan had also granted all Taoist monks the privilege of not paying any tax.

 

In the year 1227, Genghis Khan changed the White Cloud Temple to its current name and given to Grand Master Qiu Chang Chun in addition to many more privileges. Because of the strong support and favoritism by Genghis Khan, Quan-Zhen Daoism grow rapidly and soon became the largest and most influential Daoism sect.

 

Quan-Zhen Daoism believes that a Taoist should renounce the secular world by converting himself to monkshood, practicing abstinence, cleansing the self and pursuing Taoist Enlightenment.