The Zhang Jingduan 张景端
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Zhang Jingduan was the 29th Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi School (of Taoism).
His courtesy name was Ziren, and he was the fifth son of Zhang Dunfu.

As recorded in The Genealogy of the Heavenly Masters of the Han Dynasty (Han Tianshi Shijia), in the second year of the Daguan era of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he was summoned to the imperial court and bestowed with the title "Mr. Baozhen" (Master of Preserving Truth).
He lived to the age of fifty-two.
In the 13th year of the Zhizheng era of the Yuan Dynasty (1353), he was posthumously awarded the title "Taiji Qingxu Cimiao True Lord" (True Lord of the Great Ultimate, Pure Emptiness, and Compassionate Wonder).
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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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