The Piao Dazhi 票大志
Piao Dazhi (1852–?), styled Zhenghe and known as Miyuan Zi, was a 21st-generation master of the Nanzong (Southern Lineage) Daoist tradition. After encountering Liu Mingrui in Beijing, he became his...
The Piao Dazhi 票大志
Piao Dazhi (1852–?), styled Zhenghe and known as Miyuan Zi, was a 21st-generation master of the Nanzong (Southern Lineage) Daoist tradition. After encountering Liu Mingrui in Beijing, he became his...
The Xu Benshan 徐本善
Xu Benshan (1851–?), styled Weiqiao, was a leading Longmen Daoist of Wudang Mountain. As Grand Abbot from 1894, he revitalized Daoist education, reformed monastic discipline, printed key scriptures—including Neidan texts—and...
The Xu Benshan 徐本善
Xu Benshan (1851–?), styled Weiqiao, was a leading Longmen Daoist of Wudang Mountain. As Grand Abbot from 1894, he revitalized Daoist education, reformed monastic discipline, printed key scriptures—including Neidan texts—and...
The Ye Miao 叶缪
Ye Miu (styled Shucui, sobriquet Sunguan Daoren), a former imperial student from Lantai, renounced worldly life amid mid-19th-century turmoil. From 1851, he cultivated on Mount Jiu Feng, deeply studying Cantong...
The Ye Miao 叶缪
Ye Miu (styled Shucui, sobriquet Sunguan Daoren), a former imperial student from Lantai, renounced worldly life amid mid-19th-century turmoil. From 1851, he cultivated on Mount Jiu Feng, deeply studying Cantong...
The Chen Mingyuan 陈明远
Chen Mingyuan (1841–1922), a Sichuan-born Daoist, ordained at Heming Mountain in youth and later became abbot of Yuhuang Pavilion on Weibao Mountain, Yunnan. A master of Daoist scriptures and cultivation...
The Chen Mingyuan 陈明远
Chen Mingyuan (1841–1922), a Sichuan-born Daoist, ordained at Heming Mountain in youth and later became abbot of Yuhuang Pavilion on Weibao Mountain, Yunnan. A master of Daoist scriptures and cultivation...
The Huang Zhichun 黄至纯
Huang Zhichun (d. 1910), styled Zhenbai, entered Wudang Mountain as a Daoist in 1898. Renowned for his rigorous study, he mastered the Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist canons alike and gained...
The Huang Zhichun 黄至纯
Huang Zhichun (d. 1910), styled Zhenbai, entered Wudang Mountain as a Daoist in 1898. Renowned for his rigorous study, he mastered the Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist canons alike and gained...
The Yang Laiwang 杨来旺
Yang Laiwang (d. 1909), a former scholar-official from Shaanxi, renounced fame to join Wudang’s Quanzhen Longmen lineage in 1862 under He Yangchun. A master of thunder rites and healing, he...
The Yang Laiwang 杨来旺
Yang Laiwang (d. 1909), a former scholar-official from Shaanxi, renounced fame to join Wudang’s Quanzhen Longmen lineage in 1862 under He Yangchun. A master of thunder rites and healing, he...