Taoism is now divided into "Quanzhen" and "Zhengyi", and there are many sects between these two factions! According to the school, there are mixed schools (Taishang Laojun), Namo pie (Tan Churui), Jing School (Sun Buer), Hui Jin School (Qi Benshou), Zhengyi School (Zhang), Wei Qing School (Ma Danyang), Tianxian School (Lv Chunyang), Xuanwu School (Zhenwu Emperor), Jingming School (Xu Jingyang) and Yunyang School (Yunyang School). Taiyi School (Xiao Baozhen), Quanzhen School (Wang Zhongyang), Zhengyi School (Zhang Zongyan), Vacuum School (Drum Zu), Tieguan School (Zhou Zu), Japanese New School, Naturalism School (Zhang Sanfeng), Innate School, Brilliant School, etc. Now many sects are declining, and the remaining famous sects are Quanzhen Sect in the north, Zhengyi Sect in the south, Maoshan Sect, Laoshan Sect, wu-tang clan, Lushan Sect and folk Taoist sects in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

As for modern monks, there are many practical examples. Fan, a native of Shanghai, has been tired of the noise of the city for more than 20 years and yearns for a simple and quiet life in a small city. So when he was looking for a job, he sent his resume to Anning, a small city far away in Yunnan. Since then, his fate has changed, which invisibly tied him to Buddhism. Anning City is the seat of Yunnan Buddhist College. Here, he began to contact Southern Buddhism and was deeply attracted by him, and then entered Buddhism.