The Qin Zhitong 秦志通
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Qin Zhitong (?-1112)
Qin Zhitong lived during the Northern Song Dynasty and was a native of Jin County (present-day Ankang City, Shaanxi Province).

In his youth, he had a sincere admiration for Daoist studies and engaged in the study of major Daoist classics, both internal (focused on inner cultivation) and external (concerning ritual practices and cosmology). He later encountered the Real Person Tai Xu, from whom he received teachings on the "Golden Fluid Elixir" and the "Arts of Seven Returns and Nine Circulations"—core alchemical techniques in traditional Daoism.
(From Gazetteer of Shaanxi Province / Shaanxi Tongzhi)
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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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