The Yin Yin 尹愔

The Yin Yin 尹愔

Paul Peng
Yin Yin (?~741) was a native of Tianshui in Qinzhou (now part of Gansu Province) during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
His courtesy name was Jiruo, and he adopted the Taoist title "Sizhenzi" (Master of Thought and Integrity). He was a Taoist priest at Suming Taoist Temple in Chang'an (the Tang Dynasty capital).
He once studied under Wang Daogui, a Doctor of the Imperial Academy (a senior academic official in ancient China). Yin Yin was erudite and knowledgeable, with a particular expertise in Laozi (the Dao De Jing) and Zhuangzi.
He became a disciple of Ye Fashan (a renowned Taoist master of the Tang Dynasty) and fully inherited Ye’s Taoist teachings and practices.
When Emperor Xuanzong summoned him for an audience, his responses perfectly met the emperor’s expectations.
The emperor offered him an official position, but Yin Yin firmly declined.
Later, Emperor Xuanzong issued an imperial edict allowing him to perform official duties while wearing Taoist robes and hats. Only then did Yin Yin take up a position in the imperial court: he served as a Scholar of the Jixian Academy (an imperial academic institution) and concurrently participated in compiling the national history.
He wrote and annotated Annotations on the Laozi’s Scripture of the Five Kitchens (1 volume), which was included in the Yujue (Jade Commentaries) category of the Dongshen (Spiritual Grotto) section in the Taoist Canon (Daozang).
For further reference, see The New Book of Tang·Biographies of Confucian Scholars.
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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