The Li Xiyue 李西月
Li Xiyue (born Li Pingquan, sobriquets Hanxu, Changyi Shanren) of Leshan, Sichuan, claimed transmissions from Zhang Sanfeng and Lü Dongbin. Founding the Xipai (Western Lineage) of internal alchemy, he authored...
The Li Xiyue 李西月
Li Xiyue (born Li Pingquan, sobriquets Hanxu, Changyi Shanren) of Leshan, Sichuan, claimed transmissions from Zhang Sanfeng and Lü Dongbin. Founding the Xipai (Western Lineage) of internal alchemy, he authored...
The Zhou Shide 周世德
Zhou Shide (styled Yunxiu) of Changzhou (Suzhou), orphaned young, left Confucian studies to become a Daoist under Deng Jixu. He later mastered Qingwei Thunder Rites and healing rituals with Master...
The Zhou Shide 周世德
Zhou Shide (styled Yunxiu) of Changzhou (Suzhou), orphaned young, left Confucian studies to become a Daoist under Deng Jixu. He later mastered Qingwei Thunder Rites and healing rituals with Master...
The Zheng Qing 郑清
Zheng Qing (styled Changshi, sobriquet Heyangzi) of Puning, Guangdong, overcame chronic illness through Daoist breathwork and essence-conservation. At sixty, he received the Yellow Emperor’s Nine-Gate Method from a master, practiced...
The Zheng Qing 郑清
Zheng Qing (styled Changshi, sobriquet Heyangzi) of Puning, Guangdong, overcame chronic illness through Daoist breathwork and essence-conservation. At sixty, he received the Yellow Emperor’s Nine-Gate Method from a master, practiced...
The Wang Qihuan 汪启濩
Wang Qihuo (styled Dongting, sobriquet Tizhen Shanren) of Xiuning, Anhui, began as a Confucian scholar but devoted his life to Daoist alchemy. After a decade of wandering, he studied under...
The Wang Qihuan 汪启濩
Wang Qihuo (styled Dongting, sobriquet Tizhen Shanren) of Xiuning, Anhui, began as a Confucian scholar but devoted his life to Daoist alchemy. After a decade of wandering, he studied under...
The Pan Yishan 潘一善
Pan Yishan (born Pan Yin, styled Suqing), orphaned and poor, began as a Buddhist novice in Hangzhou but turned to Daoism under Master Meng Yiyang of Helin Abbey. Renamed and...
The Pan Yishan 潘一善
Pan Yishan (born Pan Yin, styled Suqing), orphaned and poor, began as a Buddhist novice in Hangzhou but turned to Daoism under Master Meng Yiyang of Helin Abbey. Renamed and...
The Wang Yijing 王一净
Wang Yijing (styled Shenghui), born into a Hangzhou gentry family, was orphaned young and wandered the streets until Master Xu Qingyang took pity and ordained him. His life, recorded in...
The Wang Yijing 王一净
Wang Yijing (styled Shenghui), born into a Hangzhou gentry family, was orphaned young and wandered the streets until Master Xu Qingyang took pity and ordained him. His life, recorded in...