The Xu Taiyi 徐太一
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Xu Taiyi was a native of Jiashan in Jiaxing (now part of Zhejiang Province) during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His courtesy name was Xiangsheng, and his literary name was Genyang.

As recorded in Jingai Xindeng (The Lamp of the Heart at Golden Canopy): "Taiyi read all kinds of books and was extremely proficient in all sorts of crafts and skills. He studied under Master Lü Yunyin, a Taoist precept master, and successively received the three levels of Taoist precepts. After that, he chose to keep a low profile and conceal his virtues, so very few people in the Taoist community knew about him."
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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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