The Hu Hezhen 胡合贞
Hu Hezhen, a wealthy heiress from Laohekou known as “Hu the Benevolent,” funded Daoist texts like The Tract of Supreme Response before ordaining under Wudang master Xu Benshan. Revered as...
The Hu Hezhen 胡合贞
Hu Hezhen, a wealthy heiress from Laohekou known as “Hu the Benevolent,” funded Daoist texts like The Tract of Supreme Response before ordaining under Wudang master Xu Benshan. Revered as...
The Yan Yonghe 阎永和
Yan Yonghe (also Yongyue), styled Shengjie and known as Yongyong Zi, became abbot of Chengdu’s Erxian An in 1892. In 1900, he co-led a major project with scholars like He...
The Yan Yonghe 阎永和
Yan Yonghe (also Yongyue), styled Shengjie and known as Yongyong Zi, became abbot of Chengdu’s Erxian An in 1892. In 1900, he co-led a major project with scholars like He...
The Wang Lixue 王理学
Wang Lixue (b. 1893), known as the “White-Robed Daoist,” ordained on Wudang Mountain under Xu Benshan and lived at Chaoyang Cave. A skilled physician and Yijing scholar, he also wrote...
The Wang Lixue 王理学
Wang Lixue (b. 1893), known as the “White-Robed Daoist,” ordained on Wudang Mountain under Xu Benshan and lived at Chaoyang Cave. A skilled physician and Yijing scholar, he also wrote...
The Zhu Yuliang 朱宇亮
Zhu Yuliang (1887–1961), orphaned by poverty, entered Wudang’s Huangjing Hall as a youth and mastered the secret “Babao Zijin Ding” medicinal formula. As abbot from 1911, he used its profits...
The Zhu Yuliang 朱宇亮
Zhu Yuliang (1887–1961), orphaned by poverty, entered Wudang’s Huangjing Hall as a youth and mastered the secret “Babao Zijin Ding” medicinal formula. As abbot from 1911, he used its profits...
The Yao Laicun 姚来存
Yao Laicun (d. before 1949), known as “Cunjie,” was a Yunnan widow who ordained at Baoen Hall after her husband died in the 1915–16 Anti-Yuan Shikai war. Childless and devoted,...
The Yao Laicun 姚来存
Yao Laicun (d. before 1949), known as “Cunjie,” was a Yunnan widow who ordained at Baoen Hall after her husband died in the 1915–16 Anti-Yuan Shikai war. Childless and devoted,...
The Peng Chunxian 彭椿仙
Peng Chunxian (1883–1942), a former Yunnan Military Academy student, ordained at Qingcheng Mountain under Cheng Mingxing. A reform-minded Daoist abbot, he pioneered sericulture education, rebuilt Changdao Temple by 1939, founded...
The Peng Chunxian 彭椿仙
Peng Chunxian (1883–1942), a former Yunnan Military Academy student, ordained at Qingcheng Mountain under Cheng Mingxing. A reform-minded Daoist abbot, he pioneered sericulture education, rebuilt Changdao Temple by 1939, founded...