The Zeng Xiang 曾享
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Zeng Xiang, styled Xingguo, was a native of Sishui (now part of Shandong Province) during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
In his youth, he became a Taoist priest. He was innately intelligent and quick-witted, with extensive learning and diverse abilities. He was capable of practicing and upholding the Taoist methods of the Heavenly Master and lived in seclusion in Yuzhang.

Later, upon hearing of the renowned Taoist reputation of True Lord Xu, he joined Xu's school.
True Lord Xu imparted all the divine prescriptions and secret formulas to him. When True Lord Xu ascended to immortality, Zeng Xiang, together with Zhou Guang, rode in the dragon chariot to ascend to heaven. In the second year of the Zhenghe era of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1112), he was granted the title of "Shenhui Zhenren (True Man of Divine Grace)".
(Source: Volume 27 of Lishi Zhenxian Tidao Tongjian [Comprehensive Mirror of the Dao-Practicing Immortals Through the Ages] and Records of the Supreme Lingbao Pure Brightness Religion).
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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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