Who are the three people who transform one qi into three pure things?
The "Three Pure Ones" are Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Lingbao Daojun.
Pangu obeyed Hongjun's decree, split the chaos with Pangu flags, fixed the earth's fire and feng shui with the Tai Chi diagram, distinguished the turbulent universe, opened up the prehistoric world, and evolved the six paths of reincarnation, endlessly. Pangu was unable to support the power to create the world and died, and the Yuanshen divided into the Three Pure Ones (Tai Shang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Lingbao Daojun) to create the world.
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he held the Pangu flag to break the chaos and divide the heaven and the earth; Laozi held up the black and yellow exquisite tower of the sky and the earth, and held the Tai Chi chart to fix the water, fire and wind on the earth, so that Wuji gave birth to Tai Chi, Tai Chi gave birth to two forms, and two forms gave birth to the four phases. The four phases give rise to the Eight Diagrams, and the Eight Diagrams evolve all things; unable to reach the sky, the sun, moon and stars have to be transformed into mountains, rivers and rivers.
The origin, formation and development of Taoism
The Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was the period when Taoism was formed and established. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Huanglao Taoism took shape, and private primitive religious groups such as Taiping Taoism and Tianshi Taoism were established one after another. After hundreds of years of transformation and development in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Taoism's classic teachings, practices, and disciplines and rituals gradually became more complete. New Taoist sects multiplied and multiplied, and were recognized by the rulers, evolving into a mature orthodox religion.
From the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the respect of the ruling class, Taoism was extremely prosperous and had a great social influence. Taoist philosophy, health techniques, spells, and rituals and regulations were also more complete. After the late Tang and Northern Song Dynasties, some new changes occurred within Taoism, mainly manifested in the emergence of the idea of integrating Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism into one religion, and the rise of the Jindan Taoist sect, which focused on practicing inner alchemy.
In the Southern Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Taoism underwent changes. In North China, new Taoist sects such as Quanzhen Taoism, Taiyi Taoism, and Zhendao Taoism appeared; in the south, new Taoist sects such as Jindan Sect, Nanzong, Tianxin, Shenxiao, Qingwei, and Jingming appeared; in the early days, Tianshi Taoism, Shangqing Taoism, and The Lingbao sect and the Lingbao sect also made innovations in doctrine and Taoism. Promoting the unity of the three religions and focusing on the cultivation of inner elixirs were the main features of Taoism in this period.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, as China's feudal society entered its late stage, the development of Taoism stagnated and became rigid. Taoism in modern China inherited the legacy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and except for a few periods, it has been at a low ebb.