CAJ | 학술논문

明中叶以降，社会政治环境对于道教是不利的，道教的衰落趋势难以阻挡，天师道的发展趋势走向世俗化和民间化。道教的宗教活动变成世俗生活的组成部分，其影响力逐渐深入社会下层，向民间普及；明代道教俗神庞杂多样；道教经典的解读趋于通俗化。
명중협이강，사회정치배경대우도교시불리적，도교적쇠락추세난이조당，천사도적발전추세주향세속화화민간화。도교적종교활동변성세속생활적조성부분，기영향력축점심입사회하층，향민간보급；명대도교속신방잡다양；도교경전적해독추우통속화。
It is unfavorable to Taoism in the social and political environment after the middle of Ming Dynasty, and difficult to stop declining. The development trend of the way of the Celestial Master is secularization and folk. The religious life of Taoism becomes parts of the secular life. Taoism＇ s influence gradually evolved to the lower classes and to the folk popular. Popular gods of Taoism are complex in Ming Dynasty. The interpretation of Taoist classics tends to popularization.