Then came the Hongyang period, which began with Prince Siddhartha (Sakyamuni) and continued on through 28 generations of Indian living Buddhas. It continued with Bodhidharma, who brought his Zen sect eastward into China. It was passed down from one generation to another until the 63rd generation, when Zhang Kueisheng and Sun Suzhen founded the Yi Guan Dao religion.
然後「紅陽期」開始，先是由釋迦牟尼佛以降的二十八代印度活佛掌理，之後隨著印度達摩祖師東來，道統又回到了中國，一直傳到第六十三代的張奎生及孫素貞，是「白陽期」開始，也是一貫道的開山祖。