On Literature Review of Research on De Jiao

In recent years, the study of De Jiao (Church of Virtue) has becomemore and more prosperous, and more and more scholars have paid attention to and setfoot in this field. This article categorizes the research on De Jiao into four parts andreviews them: the history and current situation of De Jiao, the research on thedevelopment of De Jiao, the research on the social function of De Jiao, and the researchon religion of De Jiao. On the basis, the author briefly discusses the development trendand existing problems of the study on De Jiao.