The Cheng Shouhong 程守宏

Cheng Shouhong was a native of Xin'an during the Qing Dynasty, and his courtesy name was Eshan.

As recorded in Jingai Xindeng (The Golden Canopy Lamp of the Heart): "In his childhood, Shouhong suffered from frequent illnesses, so he abandoned his studies of the Confucian classics and took delight in traveling to mountains and rivers. Resolutely deciding to become a Taoist Priest, he built a retreat in Xiling, Hangzhou.

Hearing that Shangyangzi was residing in Dade (a place name, literally "Great Virtue"), he sincerely went there to request guidance, and Shangyangzi taught him the Esoteric Tradition for Warding Off Calamities. In the 12th year of the Shunzhi reign (1655), he went to the capital, where he paid homage to Wang Changyue and took him as his teacher.

In the 10th year [of Wang Changyue’s religious transmission, or a possible textual note: note: the "10th year" here may refer to the 10th year after Cheng became Wang’s disciple; alternatively, it could be a scribal error for the 13th year of Shunzhi (1656)], he received the Chuzhen Precepts (Initial Perfection Precepts). In the 15th year of Shunzhi (1658), he went to Jingshan Mountain (Golden Canopy Mountain) and studied under Tao Jing’an. In the Kangxi reign (1664), when Wang Changyue came to Hangzhou, Cheng Shouhong further received the Zhongji Precepts (Middle Ultimate Precepts); not long after, he was again awarded the Tianxian Precepts (Celestial Immortal Precepts), after which he returned to Xin’an. Later, he went into seclusion on Lushan Mountain, and his final whereabouts remain unknown.

He was the 8th-generation Lvshi (Precept Master) of the Longmen (Dragon Gate) School of Taoism.