Huang Dehui
Huang Dehui is the founder of the Green Lotus sect or also known as Xiantiandao. He is recognized as the 9th patriarch in the lineage of patriarchs of the Xiantiandao and Yiguandao and is an important figure who created and shaped the foundations of the doctrines and teachings.
Early life
Huang was born on the 8th day of the 2nd month of 1624 in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. He was from Rao Prefecture, Poyang County, Jiangxi. He was originally a Taoist Quanzhen monk, who later joined the followers of Luo Weiqun.Religious career
One branch of Luoism is Yuandun Jiao, founded by Zhang Hao of Zhili. It was introduced to Jiangxi in the sixth year of Kangxi by Luo Weixing or Luo Weiqun of Zhili. Luo Weixing is known in Xiantiandao and Yiguandao lineage as the 8th patriarch. Luo Weixing had a successor named Huang Dehui.Then he created and organized a complete system of doctrines, Buddhist halls, and ritesand wrote the Huangji jindan based on “The Treasure Scroll of the Emperor's Supreme Golden Elixir, the Nine Lotuses and the Correct Belief in the Truth, and the Return to Heaven” or Jiulian Baojuan for short, a classic work that describes the existence of a secret jewel for returning to heaven and contains a detailed explanation of the msyterious door. This book, which is the central scripture of Xiantiandao, also explains the theory of three-sun eschatology. Some historians think that the contents of this book originated from Jiulianjing used by the Mahayana sect led by Wang Sen's family because of the similarity in the content of its teachings. In addition, Huang also wrote the Basic Ritual, Repentance Script, the Pledge, the Lightning Sutra, the Om Sutra which became the basis and standard reference for the future development of the Xiantiandao group.
Huang's teachings are based on a mixture of Luo teachings and other popular religious traditions circulating in southern China. As is commonly the case with leaders of sects banned by the government, Huang is known by many different names, one of which is Huang Tingchen and Qiaowan Xianshi. Huang propagated the doctrine that in order to survive the final apocalypse and return to home, he had specially opened the global initiation mission to save human from misery.
In the Yiguandao book, Huang Dehui is designated as the 9th patriarch and is believed to be an incarnation of Yuanshi Tianzun.