 This role of Taoist priests reflects the definition of Taoism as a " liturgical framework for the development of local cults " , in other words a scheme or structure for the Chinese folk religion , proposed first by Kristofer Schipper in The Taoist Body ( 1986 ) . Daoshi traditions are comparable in their role to the non @-@ Taoist fashi ( 法師 , " ritual masters " ) traditions ( Faism ) . 
