The Wang Yizhong 王一中
Wang Yizhong (d. 1416), a Daoist from Huguang, trained at Shangqing Palace on Longhu Mountain and excelled in talismanic water rites and incantations. In 1403, he was commissioned to inspect...
The Wang Yizhong 王一中
Wang Yizhong (d. 1416), a Daoist from Huguang, trained at Shangqing Palace on Longhu Mountain and excelled in talismanic water rites and incantations. In 1403, he was commissioned to inspect...
The Liao Shisheng 廖时升
Liao Shisheng, a native of Anqing, Anhui, entered Daoism as a youth and gained fame across Jiangnan after receiving esoteric arts from an immortal master. During the Yongle reign (1403–1424),...
The Liao Shisheng 廖时升
Liao Shisheng, a native of Anqing, Anhui, entered Daoism as a youth and gained fame across Jiangnan after receiving esoteric arts from an immortal master. During the Yongle reign (1403–1424),...
The Iron Plaque Chen 铁牌陈
Known only as “Iron Plaque Chen,” this early Ming Daoist from Fujian practiced at Longyang Palace in Fangshan during the Yongle era (1403–1424) before retreating to Mount Wuyi, where a...
The Iron Plaque Chen 铁牌陈
Known only as “Iron Plaque Chen,” this early Ming Daoist from Fujian practiced at Longyang Palace in Fangshan during the Yongle era (1403–1424) before retreating to Mount Wuyi, where a...
The Ye Lianggui 叶良贵
Ye Lianggui, a Daoist practitioner of Yinzhen Temple in the early Ming, was renowned for his mastery of Daoist rites and spiritual methods. In 1394 (Hongwu 27), the imperial court...
The Ye Lianggui 叶良贵
Ye Lianggui, a Daoist practitioner of Yinzhen Temple in the early Ming, was renowned for his mastery of Daoist rites and spiritual methods. In 1394 (Hongwu 27), the imperial court...
The Yan Yujing 严与敬
Yan Yujing, ordained in 1373 under Master Luo Zeming of Yanxi Temple, served as a ritual musician in the Ministry of Rites from 1374 and returned to his home temple...
The Yan Yujing 严与敬
Yan Yujing, ordained in 1373 under Master Luo Zeming of Yanxi Temple, served as a ritual musician in the Ministry of Rites from 1374 and returned to his home temple...
The Xu Ziming 徐子明
Xu Ziming, a Daoist of Mingfu Temple in Boluo, Guangdong, was selected by imperial decree in 1389 to serve at the Shenle Temple—the Ming court’s ritual music institution—where he participated...
The Xu Ziming 徐子明
Xu Ziming, a Daoist of Mingfu Temple in Boluo, Guangdong, was selected by imperial decree in 1389 to serve at the Shenle Temple—the Ming court’s ritual music institution—where he participated...