Important Daoism Dates
| Year | Chinese History | Daoism | West |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Chinese History | Daoism | West |
| BCE | |||
| 1766 | Shang Dynasty | ||
| 1122 | Zhou Dynasty | Iron age (ca. 1200) | |
| King Solomon (–932) | |||
| 722 | Springs and Autumns | Babylonian exile (722) | |
| 481 | Warring States | Persian empire (558–330) | |
| Confucius (551–479 | |||
| Mozi (c.479-438) | Socrates (–399) | ||
| Yang Zhu (440–360) | Daode jing (400–350) | Plato (427–347) | |
| Historiographer Dan (374) | Aristotle (384–322) | ||
| Mencius (c.371–289) | Zhuangzi (c. 370–290) | Alexander the Great (–323) | |
| Qu Yuan (340–278) | Rome rising (265) | ||
| 221 | Qin Dynasty | ||
| 206 | Western Han Dynasty | ||
| Chuci (ab. 200) | |||
| Emperor Wen (179–156) | Mawangdui (168) | Book of Daniel (165) | |
| Dong Zhongshu (179-103) | Huainanzi (145) | Rome conquers Greece (146) | |
| Emperor Wu (140–86) | Shiji (104) | ||
| Liu Xiang (77–76) | Yan Zun (ca. 83–10 C.E.) | Julius Caesar (–44) | |
| First Taiping jing (31–7) | Augustus (33–14 CE) | ||
| 6 | Interregnum | ||
| CE | |||
| 23 | Eastern Han Dynasty | Crucifixion of Jesus (30) | |
| St. Paul (–64) | |||
| Jewish revolt (70) | |||
| Celestial Masters (142) | |||
| Taiping revelation (145) | |||
| Laozi ming (165) | |||
| Xiang Kai’s memorial (166) | Taiping jing (166) | ||
| Ge Xuan (164–244) | Zhang Jue and Taiping (175) | ||
| Laozi bianhua jing (180) | |||
| Taiping Rebellion (184) | Zhang Lu under Cao Cao (215) | ||
| 220 | Three Kingdoms | Mani (216–77) | |
| Wang Bi (226–49) | Origen (–251) | ||
| 280 | W. Jin Dynasty | Wei Huacun (251–334) | |
| Xu Xun (239–92) | Guo Xiang (252–312) | ||
| Ge Hong (287–347) | |||
| Sanhuang wen (292) | |||
| Huahu jing (ca. 300) | |||
| 317 | E. Jin Dynasty | ||
| Wang Xizhi (303–73) | Xu Mai (301–) | Emp. Constantine (312–37) | |
| Baopuzi (320) | Council of Nicea (325) | ||
| Huiyuan (334-417) | Yang Xi (330–86?) | ||
| Xu Hui (341–) | |||
| Xu Huangmi (361–429) | |||
| Tao Kedou (–362) | |||
| Shangqing revelations (364–70) | |||
| Lingbao school (390s) | |||
| 389 | N. Wei Dynasty | ||
| Sun En rebellion (399) | |||
| Kumârajîva (344–409) | |||
| Cui Hao (381–450) | Kou Qianzhi (365–448) | ||
| Kou revelation (415) | Rome sacked (410) | ||
| Daoist theocracy (424–51) | St. Augustine (354–430) | ||
| Taiping zhenjun (440) | Attila the Hun (–453) | ||
| Louguan (ca. 470) | |||
| Wang Daoyi (447-510) | |||
| Debates (520) | Wei Jie (497–569) | St. Patrick (–461) | |
| 420 | Liu-Song Dynasty | ||
| Lu Xiujing (406–77) | |||
| Santian neijie jing (420) | |||
| Lingbao catalog (437) | |||
| 479 | S. Qi Dynasty | Franks turn Christian (493) | |
| 502 | Liang Dynasty | ||
| Tao Hongjing (456–536) | |||
| Zhen’gao (500) | |||
| Daoism proscribed (504) | St. Benedict (480-547) | ||
| Zhiyi (538–598) | Emp. Justinian (527–65) | ||
| 557 | Chen/N. Zhou Dynasty | ||
| Debates (570) | Wushang biyao (574) | ||
| Jizang (549–623) | |||
| 589 | Sui Dynasty | ||
| Yinyuan jing (ca. 600) | |||
| 618 | Tang Dynasty | Lord Lao miracle (620) | |
| Tang Debates (621–622) | Fengdao kejie (620) | Muhammed (–635) | |
| Xuanzang return (645) | Islam in Persia (651) | ||
| Sandong zhunang (680s) | |||
| Daojiao yishu (680s) | Carolingian emp. (687) | ||
| Amoghavajra (705–75) | Sun Simiao (601–93) | ||
| Vajrabodhi (671–741) | Zhang Wanfu (fl. 700–742) | ||
| Tantra in China (706) | Princesses’ ordination (711) | Islam in Turkey (717) | |
| Li Bo (701–62) | |||
| Du Fu (712–70) | |||
| Emperor Xuanzong (712–56) | Sima Chengzhen (647–735) | Venerable Bede (–735) | |
| Daode jing named classic (737) | |||
| Heavenly Treasure find (741) | |||
| Daoists as imperial family (743) | Islam in China (750) | ||
| Wu Yun (ca. 700–87) | |||
| An Lushan rebellion (755) | Gu Kuang (735–814) | ||
| Tantra to Japan (806) | Charlemagne (800) | ||
| Persecution of religion (845) | |||
| Du Guangting (850–933) | |||
| Zu Shu (fl. 889–904) | |||
| 907 | Five Dyn./Liao Dynasty | Tan Zixiao (fl. 935) | |
| 960 | N. Song/Liao Dynasty | ||
| Ishimpô (984) | |||
| Tianxin texts found (994) | Russia Christian (989) | ||
| Dunhuang caves closed (ca. 1008 | First Millennium (1000) | ||
| Daoist canon created (1023) | |||
| Yunji qiqian (1023) | Norman conquest (1066) | ||
| Lin Lingsu (1076–1120) | Orthodox schism (1054) | ||
| Emperor Huizong (1101–25) | First crusade (1096) | ||
| Shenxiao school (1112) | al-Ghazali (–1111) | ||
| Tianxin texts codified (1116) | |||
| 1126 | S. Song/Jin Dynasty | SOUTH: | |
| Ning Benli (1101–81) | |||
| Zhang Boduan (–1182) | |||
| Bai Yuchan (ca. 1194–1227) | |||
| Chinggis Khan in China (1206) | Jin Yunzhong (fl. 1224) | St. Francis (–1226) | |
| NORTH: | |||
| Wang Chongyang (1112–70) | |||
| Complete Perfection (1167) | |||
| Sun Bu’er (1119–82) | |||
| Wang Chuyi (1142–1217) | Maimonides (d. 1204) | ||
| Qiu Chuji (1148–1227) | Papal schism (1207) | ||
| Qiu travels to Khan (1219) | |||
| Qiu religious leader (1223) | |||
| Yongle Temple (1252) | Mongols in Baghdad (1252) | ||
| 1260 | Yuan Dynasty | ||
| Liu Yu (1257–1308) | |||
| Daoism persecuted (1281) | Rumi (d. 1273) | ||
| Zhao Yizhen (–1382) | St. Thomas Aquinas (-1274) | ||
| Dante (–1321) | |||
| Turks in Europe (1326) | |||
| Black Death (1348–50) | |||
| 1368 | Ming Dynasty | ||
| Emperor Taizu (1368–99) | Zhang Yuqing (1364–1427) | ||
| Yongle Emperor (1403–25) | Daoist canon (1445) | Byzantium ends (1453) | |
| Wang Dao (1487-1547) | America discovered (1492) | ||
| Zhan Ruoshui (1466–1510) | |||
| Wang Yangming (1517–79) | Leonardo da Vinci (–1519) | ||
| Lin Zhaoen (1517–98) | Reformation (1520) | ||
| Mexico conquest (1521) | |||
| St. Ignatius (1556) | |||
| Canon supplement (1607) | Shakespeare (–1616) | ||
| Anglican church (1634) | |||
| 1644 | Qing Dynasty | English civil war (1642) | |
| Galileo (–1642) | |||
| Descartes (–1650) | |||
| Cromwell (–1658) | |||
| Louis XIV (1648–1715) | |||
| “Golden Flower” (1775) | American revolution (1776) | ||
| Daode jing trl. (ca. 1800) | French revolution (1789) | ||
| Li Xiyue (1806–56) | |||
| Daozang jiyao (1820) | British rule India (1818) | ||
| James Legge (1815–1897) | Karl Marx (1818–1983) | ||
| Opium War (1839–1842) | Telegraph (1844) | ||
| Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) | Indian mutiny (1857) | ||
| Zhao Bizhen (1860–) | |||
| Donghak kyo in Korea (1860) | |||
| Sun Yatsen (1866–1925) | Einstein (1879–1955) | ||
| Boxer Rebellion (1900) | Daode jing in U.S. (ca. 1900) | ||
| Dunhuang caves opened (1905) | First automobile (1903) | ||
| 1911 | Republic of China | ||
| Jiang Weiqiao (1872–1955) | |||
| Jûngsan kyo in Korea (1901) | World War I (1914–1918) | ||
| Daozang jinghua (1920) | Russian revolution (1917) | ||
| Caodai in Vietnam (1921) | Daoist canon reprinted (1923) | ||
| Mao Zedong (1893–1976) | |||
| Chiang Kai-Shek (1888–1975) | |||
| Japanese invasion (1937) | WW II (1939–1945) | ||
| 1949 | People’s Republic of China | ||
| Communes (1952) | Taiji quan in U.S. (1950s) | Korean War (1951–1953) | |
| Qigong clinics (1950’s) | |||
| Li Hongzhi (1952–) | Suez crisis (1956) | ||
| Great Leap Forward (1958) | Cuba crisis (1961) | ||
| Daoist canon repr.(1962) | President Kennedy (–1963) | ||
| Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) | Vietnam War (1965–1976) | ||
| Four Modernizations (1978) | |||
| Revival of religion (1980–) | Daoist practice in U.S (1980–) | ||
| Mawangdui excavated (1983) | Qigong boom (1980s) | ||
| Supernatural Qigong (1990s) | Soviet empire ends (1990) | ||
| Guodian excavated (1993) | Falun dafa founded (1992) | Gulf War (1991) | |
| Hong Kong returned (1997) | Falun dafa became illegal (1999) | President Clinton (1992-2000) |
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