The Tang Youcheng 汤友成

The Tang Youcheng 汤友成

Paul Peng

Tang Youcheng (1060-1113)

Tang Youcheng, courtesy name Daoyuan, was a native of Tongchuan at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the 9th year of the Xining reign (1076), he took the scripture examination together with his younger brother Tang Youzhi, and both became Daoist priests.

Tang Youcheng studied under Daoist master Xu Shenweng in Taizhou. Later, he went to Maoshan Mountain, where he visited Mr. Liu to receive the scriptures and doctrines of the Shangqing Sect (a major school of Daoism). After that, he lived with his brother Youzhi at the Crane Temple on Maoshan Mountain.
During the Xuanhe reign (1119-1125), Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty issued an imperial edict to search for extraordinary talents across the country. Tang Youcheng and his brother chose to retreat to the remote mountains, where they lived in seclusion for more than fifty years and never came out.
Tang Youcheng passed away in the 13th year of the Shaoxing reign at the age of 84.
(From Mao Shan Zhi (Gazetteer of Maoshan Mountain), Volume 16)
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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