The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Weng Taiyi 翁太宜

The Weng Taiyi 翁太宜

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Weng Taiyi (1628–1698), a Zhejiang scholar-calligrapher, embraced Longmen Daoism at fifty under Lü Yunyin. Teaching poetry and precepts at Jiashan’s Changchun Palace, he blended literary art with quiet cultivation. A...

The Weng Taiyi 翁太宜

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Weng Taiyi (1628–1698), a Zhejiang scholar-calligrapher, embraced Longmen Daoism at fifty under Lü Yunyin. Teaching poetry and precepts at Jiashan’s Changchun Palace, he blended literary art with quiet cultivation. A...

The Zhan Shouchun 詹守椿

The Zhan Shouchun 詹守椿

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Zhan Shouchun (sobriquet Yiyangzi), a Nanjing merchant’s son turned Longmen master, studied under Wang Changyue, helped launch the Baiyun Guan ordination platform, and spread Quanzhen precepts across China. An eighth-generation...

The Zhan Shouchun 詹守椿

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Zhan Shouchun (sobriquet Yiyangzi), a Nanjing merchant’s son turned Longmen master, studied under Wang Changyue, helped launch the Baiyun Guan ordination platform, and spread Quanzhen precepts across China. An eighth-generation...

The Cheng Shouhong 程守宏

The Cheng Shouhong 程守宏

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Cheng Shouhong of Xin’an, ordained by Wang Changyue, became an eighth-generation Longmen master. After receiving all three precept ranks—including the Tianxian Jie in Hangzhou—he studied at Jingai Mountain and later...

The Cheng Shouhong 程守宏

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Cheng Shouhong of Xin’an, ordained by Wang Changyue, became an eighth-generation Longmen master. After receiving all three precept ranks—including the Tianxian Jie in Hangzhou—he studied at Jingai Mountain and later...

The Ma Daochang 马道常

The Ma Daochang 马道常

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Ma Daochang (d. 1666), born Shangguan, was a Sichuan Jingming Daoist who embodied loyalty and filial piety as spiritual practice. A gifted calligrapher whose brush pulsed with vitality, he composed...

The Ma Daochang 马道常

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Ma Daochang (d. 1666), born Shangguan, was a Sichuan Jingming Daoist who embodied loyalty and filial piety as spiritual practice. A gifted calligrapher whose brush pulsed with vitality, he composed...

The Cai Tiegeng 蔡铁耕

The Cai Tiegeng 蔡铁耕

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Cai Tiegeng of Wujiang, a learned Qing scholar, studied longevity arts under Guo Yangxiao and practiced Ninefold Refinement alchemy. After wandering China’s sacred mountains, he settled at Helin Daoist Monastery,...

The Cai Tiegeng 蔡铁耕

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Cai Tiegeng of Wujiang, a learned Qing scholar, studied longevity arts under Guo Yangxiao and practiced Ninefold Refinement alchemy. After wandering China’s sacred mountains, he settled at Helin Daoist Monastery,...

The Guo Yangxiao 郭阳晓

The Guo Yangxiao 郭阳晓

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Guo Yangxiao (sobriquet Zhuzhusheng), a Shaanxi native and disciple of Yun Dabian, practiced silent cultivation on Wudang Mountain. Invited by scholar-official Bi Yuan to Wuchang’s Changchun Temple, he taught xingli...

The Guo Yangxiao 郭阳晓

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Guo Yangxiao (sobriquet Zhuzhusheng), a Shaanxi native and disciple of Yun Dabian, practiced silent cultivation on Wudang Mountain. Invited by scholar-official Bi Yuan to Wuchang’s Changchun Temple, he taught xingli...