The Tao Yinxian 陶隐贤
Paul PengTao Yinxian was a native of Anyi, Jiangxi during the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, and a Taoist priest at Yuxian Guan (Yuxian Temple) of Longhu Mountain.
In the early years of the Jiajing reign, he followed the 49th Heavenly Master to have an audience with the emperor, was appointed as the Tiandian (a Taoist official title) of Shangqing Palace, reaffirmed the old regulations, and submitted a memorial to exempt (the temple) from corvée labor.
Details of his life story can be found in The Annals of Longhu Mountain.
