The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Fan Daosu 范道素 — Silent Sage of the Jin Dynasty, Taiqing Temple, Qinyuan, Shanxi Province

Fan Daosu 范道素 — Silent Sage of Jin Dynasty Taiq...

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Fan Daosu 范道素, courtesy name Chunfu, was a native of Hongtong, Pingyang, Shanxi during the Jin Dynasty — a Daoist of simple, taciturn nature who possessed profound understanding of Chan...

Fan Daosu 范道素 — Silent Sage of Jin Dynasty Taiq...

Paul Peng

Fan Daosu 范道素, courtesy name Chunfu, was a native of Hongtong, Pingyang, Shanxi during the Jin Dynasty — a Daoist of simple, taciturn nature who possessed profound understanding of Chan...

Xue Xuantong 薛玄同 — Late Tang Dynasty Female Daoist Practitioner Who Attained Shijie Immortality through the Huangting Jing

Xue Xuantong 薛玄同 — Tang Dynasty Daoist Nun Who ...

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Xue Xuantong 薛玄同 was a female Daoist practitioner of the late Tang Dynasty who, after marriage, withdrew to a solitary room to practice Daoism and recite the Huangting Jing for...

Xue Xuantong 薛玄同 — Tang Dynasty Daoist Nun Who ...

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Xue Xuantong 薛玄同 was a female Daoist practitioner of the late Tang Dynasty who, after marriage, withdrew to a solitary room to practice Daoism and recite the Huangting Jing for...

The Bian Dongxuan 边洞玄

The Bian Dongxuan 边洞玄

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Bian Dongxuan, a Tang-era Daoist nun from Hebei, practiced grain-avoidance, fed wild creatures for decades, and ascended to heaven after ingesting an immortal’s elixir.

The Bian Dongxuan 边洞玄

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Bian Dongxuan, a Tang-era Daoist nun from Hebei, practiced grain-avoidance, fed wild creatures for decades, and ascended to heaven after ingesting an immortal’s elixir.

The Wang Shouqian 王守谦

The Wang Shouqian 王守谦

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Wang Shouqian, a wealthy Shandong farmer, devoted his fortune to the Taiyi Daoist tradition and was posthumously honored as “Zhenren of Embodied Dao and Profound Stillness.”

The Wang Shouqian 王守谦

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Wang Shouqian, a wealthy Shandong farmer, devoted his fortune to the Taiyi Daoist tradition and was posthumously honored as “Zhenren of Embodied Dao and Profound Stillness.”

The Zhan Yilao 詹益老

The Zhan Yilao 詹益老

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Zhan Yilao, a virtuous late-Song native of Guixi, accompanied the Celestial Master to court in 1276 and was appointed temple administrator at Longhu Mountain.

The Zhan Yilao 詹益老

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Zhan Yilao, a virtuous late-Song native of Guixi, accompanied the Celestial Master to court in 1276 and was appointed temple administrator at Longhu Mountain.

The Mei Xixian 梅希仙

The Mei Xixian 梅希仙

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Mei Xixian, a Southern Song poet-painter from Xujang, famed for ink plum blossoms, died laughing mid-brushstroke as real plums bloomed before him.

The Mei Xixian 梅希仙

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Mei Xixian, a Southern Song poet-painter from Xujang, famed for ink plum blossoms, died laughing mid-brushstroke as real plums bloomed before him.