trad. 142 CE
Celestial Masters
Religion · Chinese traditions · Daoist traditions · Institutions
Organized Daoist ritual communities emerged in the late Han era. Celestial Master traditions associate Zhang Ling with a revelation in 142 CE. This conventional date concerns a particular institutional tradition.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · attributed by a tradition
- Dating in the source document
- ca. 142
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
Reading the date: point event.
Sources
- 1. D (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2011-12-01
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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- 2. UNESCO (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification: the source could not be accessed
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.