The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Shi Shen'an 施神安

The Shi Shen'an 施神安

paulpeng

Shi Shen’an (18th c., Yuanhe, Jiangsu), ordained at Suzhou’s Xuánmiào Temple under Master Hui Yuanmo, later studied Thunder Rites with Shen Jiancang of Chaozhen Temple. He served as temple supervisor...

The Shi Shen'an 施神安

paulpeng

Shi Shen’an (18th c., Yuanhe, Jiangsu), ordained at Suzhou’s Xuánmiào Temple under Master Hui Yuanmo, later studied Thunder Rites with Shen Jiancang of Chaozhen Temple. He served as temple supervisor...

The Bei Benheng 贝本恒

The Bei Benheng 贝本恒

paulpeng

Bei Benheng (?–1758), ordained on Wudang at 17, received precepts from Wang Changyue and later taught on Mount Gauchi. Revered as a “Zhenren” for healing epidemics through talismanic rites, he...

The Bei Benheng 贝本恒

paulpeng

Bei Benheng (?–1758), ordained on Wudang at 17, received precepts from Wang Changyue and later taught on Mount Gauchi. Revered as a “Zhenren” for healing epidemics through talismanic rites, he...

The Bao Laijin 鲍来金

The Bao Laijin 鲍来金

paulpeng

Bao Laijin, a proud scholar from a Yuhang gentry family, once looked down on others. After taking refuge with Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1785, he awakened to the Daoist truth:...

The Bao Laijin 鲍来金

paulpeng

Bao Laijin, a proud scholar from a Yuhang gentry family, once looked down on others. After taking refuge with Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1785, he awakened to the Daoist truth:...

The Qian Laiyu 钱来玉

The Qian Laiyu 钱来玉

paulpeng

Qian Laiyu of Yuhang, once a frivolous man drifting through life with unwise companions, took refuge under Daoist Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1785. Awakened by teachings on loyalty and reciprocity,...

The Qian Laiyu 钱来玉

paulpeng

Qian Laiyu of Yuhang, once a frivolous man drifting through life with unwise companions, took refuge under Daoist Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1785. Awakened by teachings on loyalty and reciprocity,...

The Yang Laiyi 杨来逸

The Yang Laiyi 杨来逸

paulpeng

Yang Laiyi, once a feared bricklayer and martial youth from Yuhang, sought Daoist Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1780. After witnessing his rain-prayer miracle in 1785, Yang renounced violence, declaring “ritual...

The Yang Laiyi 杨来逸

paulpeng

Yang Laiyi, once a feared bricklayer and martial youth from Yuhang, sought Daoist Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1780. After witnessing his rain-prayer miracle in 1785, Yang renounced violence, declaring “ritual...

The Ruan Laizong 阮来宗

The Ruan Laizong 阮来宗

paulpeng

Ruan Laizong, once a humble vegetable merchant from Yuhang ashamed of plain food and coarse clothes, met Daoist Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1779. Witnessing his rain-prayer miracle during a drought,...

The Ruan Laizong 阮来宗

paulpeng

Ruan Laizong, once a humble vegetable merchant from Yuhang ashamed of plain food and coarse clothes, met Daoist Master Chen Qiaoyun in 1779. Witnessing his rain-prayer miracle during a drought,...