Historical research on the materials for the popular priests and their

道教影响遍及中国人生活和文化的各个方面，在研究道教的过程中，我们除了要研究祭祀、功德、法事等道教宗教仪式的道士的生活和活动，分析这些仪式的结构外，还必须注意到道教的祭祀活动和道士们根据人们的需要进行传统仪式的丧葬仪式，以及其他也举行类似仪式的受欢迎的牧师。本研究以台湾地区的道士和俗道士为研究对象，特别是对他们所主持的仪式的转变，进行了较为深入的研究。他们的口头传统与仪式中的文献的关系，以及我们如何有效地把握这些转换的意义研究者的主要发现如下。松本主要研究台湾北方道士的仪式，分析其主要巫术仪式的结构和仪式中所使用的道具，并将其与台湾南部民间道士的类似仪式进行比较，说明其在社会中的作用。丸山还与高雄、屏东地区的道教神父进行了田野调查和文献研究，并解释了仪式的意义和仪式的代沟，以及它们的社会作用。浅野采访了台南市和高雄县的道士，并对他们的生平进行了记述，还研究了该地区神社宗教仪式的相关文献，并对道士的角色进行了说明

In researching Taiosm where influences extends to every aspects of Chinese life and culture, besides we study the life and activities of Taoist priests who perform Taoist religious rites such as the offering, the ritual of merit and magical rites, and analyse the structure of these rites, also we must pay attention to the festivals of shrines and the funeral rites in which Taoists perform their traditional rites meeting the peoples demands, and other popular priests who also perform similar rites. These study must be made by both a field research and documentary studyIn this study we research Taoist and popular priests in Taiwan where has less handicap in the field research by foreigners, especially we pay much attention to the transformation of the rites which performed by them, the relation of their oral traditions and documents in their rites and the methods by which we effectivelly grasp these transformations' meanings in conformity with the modern Taiwanese historywhich investigator's main findings are as follows. Matsumoto studied mainly the rites of the Taoist priests in Northern Taiwan, analysed the construction, of their main magical rites and the ducuments which they used in these rites, and compared them to the similar rites of popular preists in Southern Taiwan and explained their role in society. Maruyama also performed the field research and documents study with the Taiost priests in Kao-xiong and Ping-dong prefecture, and explained the ritual meanings and the generation gaps of the initiation and qualification rites, and their social role. Asano had interviews with the Taoist priests in Tainan city and Kao-xiong prefecture and made life history of them, also studied he documents concerning the religious services at shirines in this area and explained the roles of Taoists priests