Zhang Daoling

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

For other people named Zhang Ling, see Zhang Ling (disambiguation).

Zhang Daoling
Zhang Daoling, as illustrated by Ren Xiong and engraved by Cai Zhaochu
Born	Zhang Ling February 22, 34 (traditionally)
Died	October 10, 156 (traditionally, aged 121–122) Mount Qingcheng
Other name	Fuhao (courtesy name)
Occupations	Religious leader Ruler of Zhang Han
Known for	Founder of Way of the Five Pecks of Rice Founder of religious Taoism

Zhang Daoling
Traditional Chinese	張道陵
Simplified Chinese	张道陵
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Dàolíng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Dàolíng Wade–Giles Chang1 Tao4-ling2
Zhang Ling (birth name)
Traditional Chinese	張陵
Simplified Chinese	张陵
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Líng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Líng Wade–Giles Chang1 Ling2
Zhang Fuhan (courtesy name)
Traditional Chinese	張輔漢
Simplified Chinese	张辅汉
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Fǔhàn
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Fǔhàn Wade–Giles Chang1 Fu3-han4

Celestial Master Zhang
Traditional Chinese	張天師
Simplified Chinese	张天師
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Tiānshī
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Tiānshī Wade–Giles Chang1 T'ien1-shih1
Ancestral Celestial Master
Traditional Chinese	祖天師
Simplified Chinese	祖天师
Hanyu Pinyin	Zǔ Tiānshī
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zǔ Tiānshī Wade–Giles Tsu3 T'ien1-shih1
Zhengyi Zhenren
Chinese	正一真人
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèngyī Zhēnrén
Literal meaning	True Man of the Orthodox Unity
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèngyī Zhēnrén Wade–Giles Cheng4-i1 Chen1-jen2

Zhang Daoling as pictured in Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. Werner

Zhang Daoling (張道陵, traditionally February 22, 34 – October 10, 156), birth name Zhang Ling (張陵), courtesy name Fuhan (輔漢), was a Chinese Taoist religious leader who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty. He founded the Way of the Five Pecks of Rice millenarian movement, and established a theocratic state. The Way of the Celestial Masters grew out of those beginnings, and so Zhang is considered the founder of religious Taoism by scholars and is venerated as such by followers of Zhengyi Dao.

His son Zhang Heng (張衡) and grandson Zhang Lu inherited leadership of the movement and state. Also known as Celestial Master Zhang (張天師), Ancestral Celestial Master (祖天師) or Zhengyi Zhenren (正一真人), Zhang is sometimes pictured riding on a tiger. In some Taoist sects, Zhang, along with Ge Xuan, Xu Xun (許遜) and Sa Shoujian (薩守堅), are called the "Four Celestial Masters" (四大天師).