Luo Menghong

Luo Menghong (), also written as “羅孟洪”, “羅孟鴻” or “羅梦宏”. He was also known as Patriarch Luo (羅祖) and his religious title was Luo Qing (羅清) or Non-Action Hermit (無為居士). Luo was the most important and most frequently venerated as founding patriarch figure by religious groups in the Ming and Qing dynasties. His teachings and scriptures became the model for countless new religious groups. No other popular sectarian religious teacher can compare to Patriarch Luo in stimulating the belief and knowledge of the common and educated peoples. Patriarch Luo is believed by his followers to be the direct successor of the 6th patriarch, Huineng and is an incarnation of the Venerable Ancient Buddha (老古佛) or Wuji Shengzu (無極聖祖).

A wide range of religious organizations of traditional chinese religion either led by his descendants, disciples or totally independent groups whose teachings are derived from the teachings and scriptures of the Luo patriarch are known as Luoism/Luojiao (羅教). Provided by Wikipedia