The Cen Daoyuan 岑道愿

The Cen Daoyuan 岑道愿

Paul Peng
Cen Daoyuan was a native of Jiangling (now part of Hubei Province) during the Tang Dynasty.
He lived in seclusion at Nanyan Rock in Wanzhou, where he practiced fuer (taking herbal elixirs) with polygonatum sibiricum, engaged in canxia yanqi (feasting on celestial radiance and swallowing vital energy)—a Taoist cultivation method. Though over a hundred years old, his skin remained as smooth and fair as ice and snow.

In the 10th year of the Xining era of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty (1077), he was officially conferred the title "Zhenren XuJian" (Zhenren: a honorific for accomplished Taoist practitioners, literally "True Person"; XuJian means "Void-Mirror" or "Clear-Insight").


(From Lishi Zhenxian Tidao Tongjian [Comprehensive Mirror of True Immortals and Their Cultivation Through the Ages], Volume 35)
Paul Peng — Zhengyi Taoist Priest, Longhu Mountain

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Paul Peng

Paul Peng is a Zhengyi Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi — the ancestral home of the Celestial Masters' tradition. Ordained at 25 after a dream from the Celestial Master, he has practiced for 25 years under Master Zeng Guangliang. He is one of the curators of this store, which is officially authorized by Tianshi Fu. All items are consecrated at the temple by the resident priest team.

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