The Zhongli Jia 钟离嘉
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Zhongli Jia (? - 421), a native of Yuzhang (present-day Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province) during the Jin Dynasty, styled Gongyang (also recorded as Chaoben).
He was the son of True Lord Xu Xun's second younger sister. True Lord Xu imparted to him the wonderful secrets of immortality, enabling him to rescue people from disasters and expel plagues.

He ascended to immortality in the second year of the Yongchu era of Emperor Wu of the Southern Song Dynasty (421). During the Zhenghe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, he was conferred the title of "Puhui Zhenren (True Man of Universal Benefaction)".
(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 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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