Since its emergence, Taoism has continuously developed, derived, and divided into numerous sects, with a particularly large number of derivative sects appearing during the Wei, Jin, Sui, Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties.
These sects can be classified in the following ways:
- By doctrinal principles, they are divided into five categories: the Good - doing Sect, the Scripture - focused Sect, the Talisman - magic Sect, the Alchemy Sect, and the Divination - and - Prediction Sect.
- By region, they include the Longmen Sect, the Laoshan Sect, the Suishan Sect, the Huashan Sect, the Wudang Sect, etc.
- By representative figures, they consist of the Shaoyang Sect (represented by Wang Xuanfu), the Zhengyang Sect (represented by Han Zhongli), the Chunyang Sect (represented by Lü Dongbin), the Ziyang Sect (represented by Zhang Boduan), etc.
- By Taoist lineages, they cover the Nanwu Sect (founded by Tan Churui), the Qingjing (Quiet and Pure) Sect (founded by Sun Buer), the Zhengyi Sect (founded by Zhang Xujing), the Qingwei Sect (founded by Ma Danyang), etc.
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