c. 400 AD
Lingbao rites
Religion · Chinese traditions · Daoist traditions · Religious interactions
The Lingbao tradition combined Daoist liturgy, cosmology and scriptures during a period of sustained exchange with Buddhism. Interaction between the traditions did not erase their differences.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ca. 400
- 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
- Stephen Bokenkamp — Lingbao, Encyclopedia of Taoism (2008) (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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