The Ye Cangzhi 叶藏质

The Ye Cangzhi 叶藏质

Paul Peng
Ye Cangzhi, styled Hanxiang, was a native of Songyang in Yuezhou (now part of Zhejiang Province) during the late Tang Dynasty.
He was officially registered as a Taoist priest at Anhe Guan (Anhe Taoist Temple). Later, he went to Tongbai Guan (Tongbai Taoist Temple) on Mount Tiantai, studied under Feng Weiliang, and received the scriptures and talismans of the Three Grottoes (Sandong) of the Shangqing (Supreme Pure) tradition. He built the Shimen Shanju Taoist Abbey on Yubei Peak.

Every day, he recited various Taoist scriptures such as Huangting Jing (Yellow Court Scripture), Duren Jing (Scripture of Delivering People), and Daode Jing (Tao Te Ching). Emperor Yizong summoned him to the imperial court multiple times and granted him residence at Yuxiao Guan (Yuxiao Taoist Temple).


In his later years, he was particularly proficient in talisman techniques, and his practices were quite effective (with notable spiritual responses).


He lived to the age of seventy-four. Ye Cangzhi was the grandson of Ye Fashan (a renowned Taoist master of the Tang Dynasty).


(From Records of Mount Tiantai [Tiantai Shan Zhi] and A Brief Record of Mount Heng [Nanyue Xiao Lu])
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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