一北宋末年组织方腊起义的所谓“吃菜事魔”(或称“魔教”)这一秘密宗教,许多人认为是唐代传入的摩尼教或摩尼教的一支,这一判断是值得商榷的。“吃菜事魔”或“魔教”,都是官书记载和统治阶级文人对这一秘密宗教的称呼,是含有污蔑之意的。至于教徒自称则不是这种名字,他们自称为明教。“宋会要稿”一六五册,刑法二(上)载徽宗宣和二年十一月四日臣僚言:“温州等处狂悖之人,自称明教。”又陆游“老学庵笔记”卷十:“闽 The secret religion of the so-called “eating and drinking magic” (or “magic teaching”) that organized the uprising during the Northern Song Dynasty in the Late Northern Song Dynasty was considered by many as the Manichaeism or Manichaeism introduced in the Tang Dynasty. This judgment is worth Negotiable. The “food eating magic” or “magic education” are both official records and ruling class literati’s name for this secret religion, which contains slander meaning. As believers claim to be not such a name, they call themselves Christianity. “Song will be draft” 165, criminal law two (on) contains the emperor Xuanzong and November 4, two courtesan words: “Wenzhou and other mad people, professing to teach.” Volume ten: "Min