Lie Xian Zhuan — 偓佺 (Woquan)
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Lie Xian Zhuan — 偃伺 (Woquan)
列仙传·偃伺
原文 Original Chinese
Woquan was a man who gathered herbs in Huaishan; he liked to eat pine seeds, and hair grew on his body, several inches long. His two eyes were square-shaped, and he could fly or run as fast as a galloping horse. He gave pine seeds to Yao, but Yao did not have time to take them. The pine refers to Jian Song. Those who took and consumed it at that time all lived to be two or three hundred years old — a remarkable result of Zhuji, the foundational practice of Taoist cultivation.
原文 Original Chinese
Woquan ate pine seeds; his body was agile, and his eyes were square-shaped. His feet could tread upon phoenixes and luanfeng, and he ran faster than a galloping steed. He left a gift at Yao's door, bequeathing this divine formula of cultivating the Tao. To exhaust one's nature is something that can be renounced; those of moderate wisdom should take it up — for as Taoism teaches, harmony with nature is the path to transcendence.
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Paul Peng
Paul Peng is a Zhengyi Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi — the ancestral home of the Celestial Masters' tradition. Ordained at 25 after a dream from the Celestial Master, he has practiced for 25 years under Master Zeng Guangliang. He is the curator of this store, which is officially authorized by Tianshi Fu. All items are consecrated at the temple by the resident priest team.
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