The Chen Hongfan 陈洪范

The Chen Hongfan 陈洪范

Paul Peng
Chen Hongfan was a figure of the Song Dynasty, styled Tianxi and known by the literary name Zaozhai. He left secular life and resided in the Jinglian Hall of Chongyou Temple on Mount Wuyi.

Throughout his life, he took delight in the four arts of guqin (a seven-stringed zither), chess, calligraphy, and painting, and practiced the Daoist method of Neidan (Internal Alchemy).
He favored tranquility and planted many orange trees outside his hall. This was inspired by the implications of lines such as "The cultivation of the Returning Elixir is arduous, yet I cannot bear to part with the sweet oranges" and "Several times I mistakenly swallowed an orange, lifting the mundane to the heavenly realm"—using the analogy that the color of the Golden Elixir resembles that of a reddish orange. Hence, he named his residence "Juyin Hall" (Hall of Orange Seclusion).

(From Collected Works of True Person Bai, Volume 5 of Records of Mount Wuyi)
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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