The Xu Que 许碏
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Xu Que was a native of Gaoyang during the Tang Dynasty.
In his childhood, he studied Confucian classics. As a young man, he pursued the imperial examination (the Jinshi examination) but repeatedly failed to pass. Consequently, he went to Mount Wangwu to learn Taoism, and later traveled to the Five Great Mountains (Wuyue) and other famous mountains and rivers, visiting every one of them.

(From Lishi Zhenxian Tidao Tongjian [Comprehensive Mirror of True Immortals and Their Cultivation Through the Ages], Volume 36; and Xu Xian Zhuan [Continued Biographies of Immortals], Volume 1)
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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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