The Wang Guiyuan 王圭元
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Wang Guiyuan was a native of Changshu during the Yuan Dynasty.
His courtesy name was Juzhang, and he adopted the literary name "Zhongyang Laoren" (Elder of the Central Yang). He lived in seclusion on Yushan Mountain, devoting himself to internal cultivation (a practice in Taoism focusing on refining one's vital energy).

He was skilled at playing the guqin (a traditional Chinese seven-stringed zither) and also proficient in calligraphy and painting. He authored several works, including Annotations on the Dao De Jing, Profound Meaning of Restoring the Original State, Collected Essays on the Dao, On Health Preservation in the Taiding Era, and Collected Works on Secluded Delights in Mountain Residence.
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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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