The churches of 太平道 Tàipíngdào ("Way of the Great Peace") and 五斗米道 Wǔdǒumǐdào ("Way of the Five Pecks of Rice", otherwise called 天师道 Tiānshīdào, "Way of the Celestial Masters") of the 2nd and 3rd century CE. Espesset, Grégoire (2008), "Latter Han Mass Religious Movements and the Early Daoist Church", in Lagerwey, John; Kalinowski, Marc (eds.), Early Chinese Religion: Part One: Shang Through Han (1250 BC-220 AD), Early Chinese Religion, Leiden: Brill, pp. 1117–1158, ISBN9004168354. Online at archives-ouvertes.fr. pp. 6-15