The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Che Benyi 车本镒

The Che Benyi 车本镒

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Che Benyi (styled Yunsheng, sobriquet Zhuoyun), a Qing-era Daoist, received transmission from Master Bian Dingsan and became a 15th-generation Longmen lineage holder. Recognized for his devoted support and meritorious service...

The Che Benyi 车本镒

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Che Benyi (styled Yunsheng, sobriquet Zhuoyun), a Qing-era Daoist, received transmission from Master Bian Dingsan and became a 15th-generation Longmen lineage holder. Recognized for his devoted support and meritorious service...

The Tang Fubi 汤复弼

The Tang Fubi 汤复弼

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Tang Fubi (styled Shaogu), a 14th-generation Longmen Daoist from Jiading, was revered for his dignified conduct, generosity, and deep devotion to the Jade Emperor’s Scripture. He founded Weizhong Hall, led...

The Tang Fubi 汤复弼

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Tang Fubi (styled Shaogu), a 14th-generation Longmen Daoist from Jiading, was revered for his dignified conduct, generosity, and deep devotion to the Jade Emperor’s Scripture. He founded Weizhong Hall, led...

The Yu Mingzhi 余明志

The Yu Mingzhi 余明志

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Yu Mingzhi (d. 1874), styled Xiaochen Zi, was a scholar from Guangdong who entered Luofu Mountain’s Sulao Temple in 1864. Rejecting alchemical pursuits, he advocated scripture recitation—especially the Daodejing and...

The Yu Mingzhi 余明志

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Yu Mingzhi (d. 1874), styled Xiaochen Zi, was a scholar from Guangdong who entered Luofu Mountain’s Sulao Temple in 1864. Rejecting alchemical pursuits, he advocated scripture recitation—especially the Daodejing and...

The Lyu Yongzhen 吕永震

The Lyu Yongzhen 吕永震

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Lü Yongzhen (d. 1866), styled Qianchu and known as Leiming Zi, was the 18th-generation Longmen ordination master. After early monastic training in Shandong and full ordination under Zhang Jiaozhi in...

The Lyu Yongzhen 吕永震

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Lü Yongzhen (d. 1866), styled Qianchu and known as Leiming Zi, was the 18th-generation Longmen ordination master. After early monastic training in Shandong and full ordination under Zhang Jiaozhi in...

The Zhang Renzheng 张仁晸

The Zhang Renzheng 张仁晸

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Zhang Renzhen (1862–1924), the 61st Celestial Master of Zhengyi Daoism, styled Bingxiang and known as Qingyan, inherited the lineage at age one. Revered for filial piety, mastery of esoteric texts,...

The Zhang Renzheng 张仁晸

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Zhang Renzhen (1862–1924), the 61st Celestial Master of Zhengyi Daoism, styled Bingxiang and known as Qingyan, inherited the lineage at age one. Revered for filial piety, mastery of esoteric texts,...

The Ge Yuetan 葛月潭

The Ge Yuetan 葛月潭

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Ge Yuetao (1854–1934), styled Ningjing Zi, was a Longmen Daoist ordained in 1871 and fully initiated under the 19th-generation abbot Zhang. As leader of Shenyang’s Taiqing Temple from 1914, he...

The Ge Yuetan 葛月潭

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Ge Yuetao (1854–1934), styled Ningjing Zi, was a Longmen Daoist ordained in 1871 and fully initiated under the 19th-generation abbot Zhang. As leader of Shenyang’s Taiqing Temple from 1914, he...