The Xu Taihuan 徐太焕
Xu Taihuan (Heling Zi), a brilliant Jiangnan scholar, received Longmen precepts from Lü Yunyin. He served General Nian Gengyao during the Qing’s Tibetan campaign, then wisely vanished into Tiantai Mountain...
The Xu Taihuan 徐太焕
Xu Taihuan (Heling Zi), a brilliant Jiangnan scholar, received Longmen precepts from Lü Yunyin. He served General Nian Gengyao during the Qing’s Tibetan campaign, then wisely vanished into Tiantai Mountain...
The Gui Taixian 归太咸
Gui Taixian of Suzhou, born to a Confucian family, received Longmen precepts from Lü Yunyin and began pilgrimage at fifty. After traversing southern China, he returned to Guan Shan to...
The Gui Taixian 归太咸
Gui Taixian of Suzhou, born to a Confucian family, received Longmen precepts from Lü Yunyin and began pilgrimage at fifty. After traversing southern China, he returned to Guan Shan to...
The Xie Taiyi 谢太易
Xie Taiyi (Ningsu Zi), a Jiangsu scholar, awakened through the White-Annotated Daodejing, trained under Chongxu Zi and Wang Changyue, and received Longmen precepts. A prolific author on alchemy, ethics, and...
The Xie Taiyi 谢太易
Xie Taiyi (Ningsu Zi), a Jiangsu scholar, awakened through the White-Annotated Daodejing, trained under Chongxu Zi and Wang Changyue, and received Longmen precepts. A prolific author on alchemy, ethics, and...
The Jin Taichen 金太宸
Jin Taichen (d. 1710), a Longmen disciple of Lü Yunyin, embodied Daoist freedom through silence and wild cries. Rejecting texts yet deeply realized, he acted from stillness and moved from...
The Jin Taichen 金太宸
Jin Taichen (d. 1710), a Longmen disciple of Lü Yunyin, embodied Daoist freedom through silence and wild cries. Rejecting texts yet deeply realized, he acted from stillness and moved from...
The Zhou Tailang 周太朗
Zhou Tailang (1628–1711), ninth-generation Longmen master, founded the Helin Daoist Monastery at Hangzhou’s Golden Drum Grotto after training under Wang Changyue and Huang Chiyang. A prolific teacher with nearly 1,000...
The Zhou Tailang 周太朗
Zhou Tailang (1628–1711), ninth-generation Longmen master, founded the Helin Daoist Monastery at Hangzhou’s Golden Drum Grotto after training under Wang Changyue and Huang Chiyang. A prolific teacher with nearly 1,000...
The Li Pu 李朴
Li Pu (d. 1670), Suzhou native and disciple of Chaozhen Daoren, mastered Bai Yuchan’s Cavern-Origin alchemy. Known for spontaneous efficacy in talismans and rites, he authored The Reverted Elixir’s Essence...
The Li Pu 李朴
Li Pu (d. 1670), Suzhou native and disciple of Chaozhen Daoren, mastered Bai Yuchan’s Cavern-Origin alchemy. Known for spontaneous efficacy in talismans and rites, he authored The Reverted Elixir’s Essence...