The efficacious stories serve as a literature for religious transmission, which not only bear witness to religion, but also promote religion. Since the Han-Wei and the Six Dynasties, the popularity of Taoism and the transmission of Buddhism into the Central Plains led to the wide dissemination of various efficacious stories. In addition, stories about the filial piety of traditional Confucianism had been recorded in various historical records.These stories were widely circulated and then were extensively used in Buddhist lectures and sermons as important materials. Focusing on Dunhuang documents, this paper discusses how these efficacious stories were spread and how they were used by Buddhist masters, Taoist priests and Confucian scholars in lectures and sermons to their followers.
