page_title: Fulu
hierarchical_section_title: Fulu
context_page_description: Fulu, is a term for supernatural Taoist incantations and magic symbols as a Chinese incantation or charm or a Chinese talisman as a Lingfu by Taoist practitioners in the past,
  Fu, Shenfu which they believed functioned as summons or instructions to deities, spirits, or as tools of exorcism, as medicinal potions for ailments. It is believed by Taoists that in the past the ability to write Shenfu had been once decreed by their deities to authorized priests or daoshi.
  Lu is a register and compilation of the membership of the daoshi as well as the skills they were able to use.
  These practitioners are also called Fulu Pai or the Fulu Sect made up of daoshi from different schools or offshoots of Taojia.
context_section_description: Fulu (simplified Chinese: 符箓; traditional Chinese: 符籙), is a term for supernatural Taoist incantations and magic symbols as a Chinese incantation or (written or painted) charm or a Chinese talisman as a Lingfu (simplified Chinese: 灵符; traditional Chinese: 靈符)  by Taoist practitioners in the past,
  Fu (Chinese: 符), Shenfu (Chinese: 神符) which they believed functioned as summons or instructions to deities, spirits, or as tools of exorcism, as medicinal potions for ailments.  It is believed by Taoists that in the past the ability to write Shenfu had been once decreed by their deities to authorized priests or daoshi.
  Lu (Chinese: 籙) is a register and compilation of the membership of the daoshi as well as the skills they were able to use.
  These practitioners are also called Fulu Pai (Chinese: 符籙派) or the Fulu Sect made up of daoshi from different schools or offshoots of Taojia.
caption: A Daoist fulu talisman
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