The Great Encyclopedia of Taoism

Zhang Juyou 张居祐 — Pillar of the Taiyi Daoist School

Zhang Juyou 张居祐 — Pillar of the Taiyi Daoist Sc...

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Zhang Juyou 张居祐 (1217–1289) served the Taiyi School for over fifty years under three masters, rebuilt ancestral temples, and earned the imperial title "Ningji Master" — a life of quiet...

Zhang Juyou 张居祐 — Pillar of the Taiyi Daoist Sc...

Paul Peng

Zhang Juyou 张居祐 (1217–1289) served the Taiyi School for over fifty years under three masters, rebuilt ancestral temples, and earned the imperial title "Ningji Master" — a life of quiet...

The Lei Shizhong 雷时中 — Founder of Hunyuan Daoism

The Lei Shizhong 雷时中 — Founder of Hunyuan Daoism

Paul Peng

Lei Shizhong 雷时中 (1211–1295) was a Song-Yuan Daoist master from Wuchang who founded the Hunyuan Liutian tradition. He established two major lineages across China and was posthumously deified as a...

The Lei Shizhong 雷时中 — Founder of Hunyuan Daoism

Paul Peng

Lei Shizhong 雷时中 (1211–1295) was a Song-Yuan Daoist master from Wuchang who founded the Hunyuan Liutian tradition. He established two major lineages across China and was posthumously deified as a...

The Liu Sijing 刘思敬

The Liu Sijing 刘思敬

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Liu Sijing, “Zhenkong Zi,” healed Kublai Khan with alchemical elixirs, served at court, then retired to Longhu Mountain—honored as “Ningmiao Lingying Zhenren.”

The Liu Sijing 刘思敬

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Liu Sijing, “Zhenkong Zi,” healed Kublai Khan with alchemical elixirs, served at court, then retired to Longhu Mountain—honored as “Ningmiao Lingying Zhenren.”

The Deng Yougong 邓有功 — Tianxin Zhengfa Master of the Southern Song

The Deng Yougong 邓有功 — Tianxin Zhengfa Master o...

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Deng Yougong 邓有功 (1210–1279) was a Southern Song scholar-official turned Daoist master. As the 5th-generation heir of Tianxin Zhengfa, he edited and expanded key ritual texts, preserving the tradition’s orthodoxy...

The Deng Yougong 邓有功 — Tianxin Zhengfa Master o...

Paul Peng

Deng Yougong 邓有功 (1210–1279) was a Southern Song scholar-official turned Daoist master. As the 5th-generation heir of Tianxin Zhengfa, he edited and expanded key ritual texts, preserving the tradition’s orthodoxy...

The Zhang Qingxian 张庆先 — 34th Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao

The Zhang Qingxian 张庆先 — 34th Celestial Master ...

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Zhang Qingxian 张庆先 was the 34th Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao. He inherited the position in 1201, led with simplicity and charity, conferred talismans at the Three Yuan Festivals, and...

The Zhang Qingxian 张庆先 — 34th Celestial Master ...

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Zhang Qingxian 张庆先 was the 34th Celestial Master of Zhengyi Dao. He inherited the position in 1201, led with simplicity and charity, conferred talismans at the Three Yuan Festivals, and...

The Jiang Deshi 蒋得时 — Imperial Talisman Master of the Southern Song

The Jiang Deshi 蒋得时 — Imperial Talisman Master ...

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Jiang Deshi 蒋得时 was a Southern Song imperial Daoist from Suichang, Zhejiang. Serving at Longxiang Palace, his talisman-water rites proved so effective he was granted the title "Dharma Master of...

The Jiang Deshi 蒋得时 — Imperial Talisman Master ...

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Jiang Deshi 蒋得时 was a Southern Song imperial Daoist from Suichang, Zhejiang. Serving at Longxiang Palace, his talisman-water rites proved so effective he was granted the title "Dharma Master of...