The Zhang Guang 张光

The Zhang Guang 张光

Paul Peng
Zhang Guang, the 13th Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi School (a major school of Taoism). His courtesy name was Dezhao, and he was the eldest son of Zhang Heng.
In his youth, he was determined to pursue Taoist cultivation. Later, he abandoned his family to practice Taoism and lived in a stone chamber for as long as 30 years. It was not until he inherited the Taoist teachings (to succeed to the position of Heavenly Master) that he returned home. He was capable of practicing "bigu" (a core Taoist practice of abstaining from grain) and lived to be over a hundred years old before passing away.

In the 13th year of the Zhizheng era (1353) of Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty, he was posthumously conferred the title of "Taixuan Zhide Guangmiao True Lord".


(From Han Tianshi Shijia (Genealogy of the Heavenly Masters of the Han Dynasty))
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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