The Zhang Yanfu 张彦辅

The Zhang Yanfu 张彦辅

Paul Peng
Zhang Yanfu was a Taoist priest of Mount Longhu in Jiangxi at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He went by the literary name Liuyi and was of Mongol ethnicity.

He studied under Wu Quanjie. He was especially skilled in painting and was summoned to serve as a court artist in the imperial palace.

He had a close friendship with Yu Ji and Wei Taipu, and composed poems and prefaces for painted works.

His surviving works include Autumn Thoughts South of the Yangtze River, Peach Blossom Spring in Tiantai and Cloudy Mountains.

(From Annals of Mount Longhu and Volume 6 of Collected Works of Wei Taipu)
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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