What does it mean to be promoted to Taofu in Yangzhou High School Entrance Examination?

In fact, it is politics.

On the high school entrance examination transcript, "Taofa" refers to the subject of morality and rule of law, which is equivalent to politics in the past. It has nothing to do with what you said about belief or alchemy.

Religion generally refers to religious doctrines and spells. Religion is a cultural phenomenon that occurs when human society develops to a certain historical stage and belongs to a special social ideology. In the old days, due to people's unknown exploration of nature and their pursuit of eternal liberation, they believed that there were supernatural mysterious forces or entities outside the real world, which caused people to awe and worship this mystery, which led to the concept of faith. The knowledge and ritual activity system, like folk myths, also has its own myths and legends, which are connected with each other and are a kind of spiritual sustenance.