The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

The Ma Danyang 马丹阳

The Ma Danyang 马丹阳

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Ma Danyang, a Yuan-era native of Dengfeng, Henan, rejected marriage to pursue Daoist cultivation on Nan Yan Peak near Qianqiu Town. Devoted to alchemical practices—refining elixirs, fasting, and internal alchemy—he...

The Ma Danyang 马丹阳

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Ma Danyang, a Yuan-era native of Dengfeng, Henan, rejected marriage to pursue Daoist cultivation on Nan Yan Peak near Qianqiu Town. Devoted to alchemical practices—refining elixirs, fasting, and internal alchemy—he...

The Wang Guiyuan 王圭元

The Wang Guiyuan 王圭元

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Wang Gui, a Yuan Daoist from Changshu (styled Juzhang, “Zhongyang Laoren”), lived in seclusion on Mount Yu, devoted to internal alchemy. A skilled qin player, calligrapher, and painter, he authored...

The Wang Guiyuan 王圭元

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Wang Gui, a Yuan Daoist from Changshu (styled Juzhang, “Zhongyang Laoren”), lived in seclusion on Mount Yu, devoted to internal alchemy. A skilled qin player, calligrapher, and painter, he authored...

The Jin Yueyan 金月岩

The Jin Yueyan 金月岩

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Jin Yueyan, a Yuan Quanzhen Daoist, collaborated with the famed painter-alchemist Huang Gongwang to compile key internal alchemy texts: Bao Yi Zi Sanfeng Laoren Dan Jue, Bao Yi Han San...

The Jin Yueyan 金月岩

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Jin Yueyan, a Yuan Quanzhen Daoist, collaborated with the famed painter-alchemist Huang Gongwang to compile key internal alchemy texts: Bao Yi Zi Sanfeng Laoren Dan Jue, Bao Yi Han San...

The Chen Chongsu 陈冲素

The Chen Chongsu 陈冲素

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Chen Chongsu, a Yuan Daoist known as “Xubai Zi” or “Zhenfang Daoren,” practiced on Mount Wuyi. He authored the Gui Zhong Zhi Zhi (Direct Pointers to the Center of Regulation),...

The Chen Chongsu 陈冲素

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Chen Chongsu, a Yuan Daoist known as “Xubai Zi” or “Zhenfang Daoren,” practiced on Mount Wuyi. He authored the Gui Zhong Zhi Zhi (Direct Pointers to the Center of Regulation),...

The Guo Gang 郭冈

The Guo Gang 郭冈

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Guo Gang, a Yuan Daoist from Fengyuan, authored a three-volume annotated and collated edition of the Yuanshi Wuliang Duren Shangpin Miaojing (Scripture of Salvation by the Boundless Original Beginning). 

The Guo Gang 郭冈

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Guo Gang, a Yuan Daoist from Fengyuan, authored a three-volume annotated and collated edition of the Yuanshi Wuliang Duren Shangpin Miaojing (Scripture of Salvation by the Boundless Original Beginning). 

The Zhao Daoyi 赵道一

The Zhao Daoyi 赵道一

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Zhao Dao’yi, a Yuan Daoist known as “Quanyang Zi” and affiliated with Fuyun Mountain’s Shengshou Wannian Palace, compiled the monumental Lishi Zhenxian Tidao Tongjian—a 64-volume biographical encyclopedia of over 900...

The Zhao Daoyi 赵道一

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Zhao Dao’yi, a Yuan Daoist known as “Quanyang Zi” and affiliated with Fuyun Mountain’s Shengshou Wannian Palace, compiled the monumental Lishi Zhenxian Tidao Tongjian—a 64-volume biographical encyclopedia of over 900...