The Shangqing Changsheng Baojian Tu 上清长生宝鉴图
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The Shangqing Precious Mirror Diagram for Longevity
The author of The Shangqing Precious Mirror Diagram for Longevity is unknown. Judging from its content, it should be a text of the Shangqing School compiled during the Six Dynasties, or the Sui and Tang dynasties.

It is a one-volume work and included in the "Spiritual Diagram Category" of the "Dongxuan Section" in the Taoist Canon (Daozang).
The text contains three "Precious Mirror Diagrams for Longevity" and four "Bright Mirror Diagram Talismans". Each diagram is decorated with mirror inscriptions, the Eight Trigrams (Bagua), Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches (Ganzhi), Chinese zodiac signs, celestial luminaries, and talismanic scripts respectively.
A piece of inscription is recorded before the diagrams, briefly stating that the divine mirror has the power to subdue demons and connect with the spiritual realm.
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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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