Jintong vegetarian sect
East Asian Traditions Lineage / school
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Jintong vegetarian sect is cataloged as a Lineage / school within East Asian Traditions. Its candidate country context is “China” and its period or origin is “late imperial roots; living descendants.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Zhaijiao vegetarian-sect complex.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Jīntóng jiào; Golden Youth Teaching; Jintong sect; 金幢教
- Parent tradition
- Zhaijiao vegetarian-sect complex
- Public geographic context
- China
- Period / origin
- late imperial roots; living descendants
- Living / historical status
- Historical lineage with living communities
- Access / protocol
- Community-bound / restricted
- Evidence status
- Cluster-level source
Geography
CandidateChina
This record also has global, transnational, diaspora, textual or doctrinal context and is not reduced to one country.
Historical or contested context in the source record is not converted into a modern political claim.
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
A citation identifies a source to consult; it does not establish every claim in this record.
Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Jintong vegetarian sect. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1799. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1799
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