The Lei Puming 雷普明

Lei Puming was a native of Junzhou, Hubei, during the Ming Dynasty.

From a young age, he entered Longhu Mountain and studied the Zhengyi School's Taoist practices involving talismans, holy water, and prayer rituals. In the 4th year of the Chenghua reign (1473), the Chenghua Emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered him to escort the sacred statue of Zhenwu (the True Martial Deity) and enshrine it in Taihe Palace and Yuxu Palace on Wudang Mountain.

Later, when the imperial horses in the palace were infected with an epidemic, Lei Puming wrote talismans and prepared sacred water. The epidemic then subsided, and his reputation in Taoism grew day by day. He was officially appointed as the Tidian (a senior Taoist administrative position) of Jingle Palace on Taihe Mountain, and later promoted to positions including Youzheng (a mid-ranking official) of the Daolu Division (the top imperial agency managing national Taoist affairs), Cheng (Assistant Director) of the Taichang Temple, and Shaojing (Deputy Director) of the Taichang Temple.

Details of his life can be found in Fang Sheng's Da Yue Zhi Lue (A Brief Record of the Great Yue [Wudang Mountain]).