The Bai Yunji 白云霁
Bai Yunji (fl. late Ming), styled Mingzhi and known as Zaixuzi of Shangyuan (Nanjing), was a Daoist scholar-monk based at Chaotian Temple on Yecheng Mountain. In 1626, he authored the...
The Bai Yunji 白云霁
Bai Yunji (fl. late Ming), styled Mingzhi and known as Zaixuzi of Shangyuan (Nanjing), was a Daoist scholar-monk based at Chaotian Temple on Yecheng Mountain. In 1626, he authored the...
The Luo Ruxin 罗汝信
Luo Ruxin (fl. late Ming–early Qing), originally from Jiangxi and raised in Guangxi, entered Daoism as a child under Qin Ruyan. Orphaned at 15, he joined Zijí Gōng in 1601...
The Luo Ruxin 罗汝信
Luo Ruxin (fl. late Ming–early Qing), originally from Jiangxi and raised in Guangxi, entered Daoism as a child under Qin Ruyan. Orphaned at 15, he joined Zijí Gōng in 1601...
The Xu Quqian 许去乾
Xu Quqian (b. 1633), styled Juwu and known as Shouyangzi of Shahe, Hebei, passed the provincial exams as a Confucian scholar but abandoned officialdom after reading Daoist classics like Chongbi...
The Xu Quqian 许去乾
Xu Quqian (b. 1633), styled Juwu and known as Shouyangzi of Shahe, Hebei, passed the provincial exams as a Confucian scholar but abandoned officialdom after reading Daoist classics like Chongbi...
The Yuan Lejing 元乐静
Yuan Lejing (Ming dynasty), hao Jingxuan and a native of Xiangfeng, Lean County, studied talismanic arts under Yuan Sanquan. He later attained insight into the Xiong lineage’s inner alchemy, mastered...
The Yuan Lejing 元乐静
Yuan Lejing (Ming dynasty), hao Jingxuan and a native of Xiangfeng, Lean County, studied talismanic arts under Yuan Sanquan. He later attained insight into the Xiong lineage’s inner alchemy, mastered...
The Jin Qinglai 金清来
Jin Qinglai (1626–1711), styled Dongyang and known as Jingling of Wucheng (modern Wuxing, Zhejiang), was a brilliant but disillusioned Ming scholar who failed the 1642 provincial exams. After decades among...
The Jin Qinglai 金清来
Jin Qinglai (1626–1711), styled Dongyang and known as Jingling of Wucheng (modern Wuxing, Zhejiang), was a brilliant but disillusioned Ming scholar who failed the 1642 provincial exams. After decades among...
The Cheng Shoudan 程守丹
Cheng Shoudan (d. 1696), originally Cheng Zhenhua of Jixi, Anhui, came from a Confucian family and mastered Yijing divination and Qimen Dunjia. After studying Chan under Jianmi, he joined Wang...
The Cheng Shoudan 程守丹
Cheng Shoudan (d. 1696), originally Cheng Zhenhua of Jixi, Anhui, came from a Confucian family and mastered Yijing divination and Qimen Dunjia. After studying Chan under Jianmi, he joined Wang...