The Liu Jing 刘景

The Liu Jing 刘景

Paul Peng
Liu Jing (?–1082) was a native of Guilin in the Northern Song Dynasty, with the courtesy name Zhongyuan.
From a young age, he valued integrity and moral courage. When he grew up, he first worked as a butcher, then as a merchant, making a living by smuggling lead.

One day, he met a Taoist hermit (fangshi). The hermit took the lead Liu Jing was smuggling, transformed it into gold and silver, and gave it to him. Deeply enlightened by this incident, Liu Jing then began to learn the practices of medicine, divination, and outer alchemy (waidan, the Taoist art of refining elixirs from minerals).
During the Huangyou era (1049–1054), he resided in a stone cave on the southern slope of Nanxi Mountain (near his home) and styled himself "Dakongzi" (Master of Great Emptiness). Whenever people came to him seeking treatment for illnesses, he would provide them with medicine and elixirs; his treatments were always effective, and villagers near and far held him in high esteem.
Liu Jing had a close friendship with Zhang Pingshu (i.e., Zhang Boduan), a revered Taoist "True Person" from Tiantai. They often exchanged poems as gifts.
Liu Jing passed away in the eighth year of the Yuanfeng era (1082). His work Jinxuan Miyao Gejue (The Secret Essential Verses of Golden Mystery) has been handed down to later generations.
(From The Song of True Person Liu)
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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