The Sun Zhiqing 孙智清

Sun Zhiqing lived in the late Tang Dynasty.

According to Volume 12 of Mao Shan Zhi (Records of Mount Mao): He left his family to enter the mountain and studied under Huang Dongyuan. In the sixth year of the Dahe era (832 CE), he served as the Weiyi (a Taoist official in charge of ritual etiquette and temple discipline) of the mountain’s Taoist community. In the seventh year (833 CE), he submitted a petition to the imperial court, requesting a strict ban on hunting and gathering in the mountain; he also proposed that animal sacrifices be abolished in the four seasonal rituals. His petition was approved by the emperor, who issued an imperial edict for the erection of a stone stele at Ziyang Guan (Ziyang Abbey).

He exchanged poems with Emperor Wuzong of Tang. In the first year of the Huichang era (841 CE), the emperor summoned him to preside over the Shengshen Zhai (a Taoist ritual for nurturing life and invigorating the spirit) and issued an imperial order to build a nine-story Baotan (a sacred altar for Taoist ceremonies) where Taoist rituals and practices could be conducted.

He was conferred the title "Xiansheng Mingxuan" (Master of Bright Mystery).

He was the 16th patriarch of the Shangqing School (Supreme Purity School) of Taoism at Mount Mao.