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• The Li Tradition
  ...out food for years in the caves of ancient Sichuan. No one ever knew where he went at last. .... His followers declared that their master had ascended to heaven and that he had merely been 'Delivered from his corpse'.
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• The Western Sect
  ...tude and serenity, placing Integrated Cultivation in a secondary position. Li's Daoist works included ''[[Secret Pointers of the Three Chariots]]'', ''On
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• Li Daochun
  ...e of later times as the proponent of the Middle Way sect of inner alchemy. Li was a productive writer and his major works are: #''Li's disciples edited his speeches into the books Quotations of Qing An, Maste
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• Li Xiyue
  ..., Li learned essential formulae from [[Zhang Sanfeng]] and [[Lu Dongbin]]. Li's works include ''Notes and Commentaries on the Thirteen Supreme Scriptures
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• The Ten Continents and Three
  ...s said in Daoism to be in the Eastern Sea. It has a circumference of 4,000 li, Immortalist plants grow in abundance, its jade stones stand as high as 1,0 ...pon a time, when the mythical emperor Dayu finished regulating the rivers, he came here to worship God on the northern hill, owing his great merit to the
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• Small Reversion Elixir
  ...uming all stuffs of the old home, and reclaiming its original simplicity.” He suggested that the Return to Original Simplicity constituted the most impor
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• Chunyang Temple (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
  ...s leading to the top. Behind the platform are the tombs of Du Yangdong and Li Mingche, the ancestral Daoists of the Palace of the Triple Origins and Chun ...Guangdong. In the fourth year of the Daoguang Era, under the help of Ruan, Li Mingche founded Chunyang Temple on the Suzhu hillock and spent the rest of
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• The Middle Sect
  ...n Chanzi in Daoist circles. As a second generation disciple of Bai Yuchan, he put forward his own theory of Inner Alchemy which combined the Three Doctri Li Daochun wrote books such as ''[[Essays on Harmony]]'' and ''[[The Essence o
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• The Ten Continents and Three Islands
  ...s said in Daoism to be in the Eastern Sea. It has a circumference of 4,000 li, Immortalist plants grow in abundance, its jade stones stand as high as 1,0 ...pon a time, when the mythical emperor Dayu finished regulating the rivers, he came here to worship God on the northern hill, owing his great merit to the
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• Daoist Nursery Rhymes
  ...This prophetic nursery rhyme resembles the prophecy that somebody surnamed Li would ascend the throne and promote Daoism, which was made by Qi Hui, a Dao
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• Green Maiden Brews Snow
  ...n was very familiar with it. Moreover, through combining different images, he gave the 'green maiden' deeper implications.
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• The Encountering Immortality Sect
  ...the title 'Perfect Man Danyang of Non-Interference Who Embraces Oneness'. He was also given the title 'Perfect Sovereign Danyang of Non-Interference and ...Chao Xu, Nei Datong, Liu Zhenyi, Yu Zhidao (or Zhiyuan), Yang Minzhen and Li Dachen.
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• Cloud Light Grotto in the Iron Peak Mountain of Nine Cauldrons
  ...ests. In the top lies the Cloud Light Grotto, the place where Long Eyebrow Li, an ancient immortal who, according to local tales, used to exercise cultiv ...Light Grotto. In the early years of the Qing dynasty, another Daoist named Li Yigang had another temple constructed inside the Cave of Fish Scales. Then,
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• The Yellow Emperor Loses his Pearl
  ...on-action. If a man changes the pursuit for Dao into intentional behavior, he leaves the Dao.
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• The Eight Immortals Cross the Sea
  ...lao's paper donkey, Lü Dongbin's sword and xiao (a vertical bamboo flute), He Xiangu's bamboo cover, Han Xiangzi's flower basket, Cao Guojiu's jade table
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• Immortal Temple of Cloudy Springs on Mt. Xiqiao (Nanhai, Guangdong)
  .... In the 42nd Ganlong year of the Qing dynasty (1777), a native of Nanhai, Li Gongyu, built Gongyu Tower for a group of intellectuals to study there and ...g, to take charge of Daoist martial arts training at the temple. Moreover, he spreads the teaching of martial arts in society and leads the masses to do
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• Wu Jun
  ...e mountains. Later he took a journey to Kuaiji, where Wu corresponded with Li Bai and other men of letters by writing poems, living free and unfettered i
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• The Twofold Mystery School
  ...eror of the Tang dynasty, based himself on the Twofold Mystery School when he commented on Laozi.
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• Daoist Novels of Legends
  ...s of The Book of Documents by Li Chuo and ''The Unofficial Life History of Li Linfu'' by an anonymous author explain the Daoist idea that a just cause ga
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• Min Yide
  ...of the religious affairs of that mountain, and engaged himself in writing. He lived in seclusion on Mt. Jingai for more than 40 years, and died in the 16 ...ldings, he endeavoured to revitalize Daoist affairs with deep feelings. So he revealed convenient methods of practise of the Dragon Gate sect and advocat
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• Temple of the Southern Sacred Mountain (Shishou, Hubei)
  ...n the Tang dynasty, when Li Jing, following Li Xiaogong, fought Xiao Xian, he once stationed troops at this place, so the later generations built the Shr
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• The Book of Divine Incantations of the Supreme Pervasive Abyss
  ...is born and is assisted by sages, virtuous people, Immortals and Daoists. He brings great joy to the world, the prosperity of Daoist Skills, and the pro
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• The Kettle-Heaven World
  ...ny difficulty. Also to his surprise, the gourd harboured a fairyland where he saw beautiful buildings high into sky and winding corridors flying in the a ...etters. After the Wei and Jin dynasties, it also appeared in their poetry. Li Shangying, the famous poet of the Tang dynasty, mentioned it in a poem, whi
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• Daoism in Korea
  ...Kingdoms. When the Gao Emperor of the Tang got to know of this situation, he sent Daoist priests and scriptures to Korea. Daoism became the national rel When Korea entered the Li Dynasty, they sent ambassadors to China to learn Daoist Fasts and Offerings
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• Records of the Orthodox Sect of the Golden Lotus
  ...of [[Wang Chongyang]], Yuchan Perfect Man He and Numinous Yang Perfect Man Li. Vol. Three contains the biographies of Ma Yu, and vol. Four contains the b
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• The Book of the Five Dippers
  ...n Kefan Daquanji ), when the Song dynasty started to be prosperous, Tanhui Li in Chengdu worshiped the Perfect Sovereign ( 真君 Zhenjun ), who descende
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• The Master Yu Tradition
  ...during the Eastern Han dynasty. After his death, his followers denied that he could be killed. Instead, they regarded his apparent death as a case of "De After the decline of the Master Yu Tradition, the Li Tradition started to prosper in the southern reaches of the Yangtze river.
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• Laozi's Creative Use of The Concept of Dao
  ...was Li and whose name was Er, lived during the Spring and Autumns period. He left to posterity a book of approx. 5000 characters, divided into two chapt
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• Refinement of Emptiness into Dao
  ...ccording to Daoism, even in a phase of Emptiness, when a man was attached, he remained in control of “Interfering Action”; only by breaking the attac ...is phase as “Breaking Voidness and Emptiness” ( 打破虛空 Dapo Xukong ), which, he argued, featured obliviousness to all attachments, a spiritual state which
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• The Great Dao Doctrine
  ...e Yuan dynasty, the Great Dao Doctrine saw its fifth generation partriarch Li Xicheng, who won the trust of the rulers and changed the sect's name to the
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• The Legendary Biographies of the Immortals
  ...es Girl, etc. The author says he dare not call them immortals directly for he had just heard the stories occasionally from friends, and that's why the bo
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• The Eight Immortals
  ...people. They were Zhong Liquan, Zhang Guolao, [[Lü Dongbin]], Li Tieguai, He Xiangu, Nan Caihe, Han Xiangzi and Chao Guojiu. The Eight Immortals of Daoi ...is hair in two buns, with a big fan in his hand, and exposing a big belly. He was popularly known as the Free Perfect man.
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• Daoist Chemistry
  .... Liu An, the king of Huainan, once recruited magicians to refine elixirs. He himself also engaged in the practise. When organized Daoism was founded in
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• Ma Yu
  ...o known as 'Perfect Man Danyang' ( 丹陽真人 Danyang Zhenren ). In later times, he was worshiped as one of the Seven Perfect Ones of the North ( 北七真 Bei ...essed a combination of one's mind and Spiritual Nature. On the other hand, he likened the relation between Spiritual Nature ( 性 Xing ) and Bodily Life
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• Free Singing in the Realm of Mystery
  ...ging was so powerful that he could startle the universe and move the gods. He divided free singing into 12 categories by the location of the tongue and t ...s a unique image, 'free singing' was found in numerous poems by Guo Pu and Li Bai on the journeys of immortals. Meanwhile, stories became another importa
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• The Dragon Gate Sect
  ...emperor granted him the title "Immortal" and "Great Master". His disciple Li Zhichang gave a relatively detailed account of the journey in his book ''Th ...riarch Qiu was thus put in charge of all Daoist institutions in the world. He exempted Daoist temples and Daoist priests from all taxes and corvees. Thus
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• Poetry about Immortals
  ...people still wrote poems of this style. For example, works by Bai Juyi, Li He, etc. took on the traits of poetry about immortals.
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• Mysterious Pearls
  ...he Yellow Emperor had "Zhi" and "Lizhu" look for them but failed. At last, he sent Wang Xiang for it, and the latter finally found them. What on earth do ...fusion of the "Yin breath" in the liquid of heart (as shown by the trigram Li, which comprises two outer Yang hexagrammatic lines and one Yin inner hexag
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• Supreme Clarity Temple and Venerable Sovereign Platform (Luyi County, Henan)
  According to the ''Records of the Historian'', [[Laozi]] was a man of Quren Li, Ku County, Chu State, a place considered to be the present-day Luyi County ...e 3rd year (629) of the Wude Era of the Gaozu emperor of the Tang, emperor Li Yuan retroactively recognized Laozi as the royal ancestor and made the Laoz
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• Zhang Enpu
  .... In 1969, he visited the Philippines to enhance Daoist teachings. Finally he fell ill from constant overwork, and passed away at his residence in Beitou
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• The External Alchemy Skill of Refining the Yellow and the White
  ...ep soil. Logically, taking substances such as elixirs and alchemical gold, he claimed, would refine a man's body, and make him immortal. These ideas char ...s the Qin and Han dynasties. During Emperor Wu's reign of the Han dynasty, Li Shaojun, a famous magician, submitted to the emperor a secret of immortalit
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• Mt. Heming Daoist Temple (Dayi County, Sichuan)
  ...es is the Hall of the Celestial Master, sponsored by a local believer, Mr. Li Yaoheng. Enshrined there is a statue of Ancestral Celestial Master Zhang Da ...長 Daozhang ) Zhang was formerly chairman of Dayi Martial Arts Association. He enjoyed a reputation for Daoist martial arts among Daoists. After Reverend
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• The Complete Perfection Tradition
  ...ound and spread his religion. In the fall of the ninth Dading year (1169), he came back to Shanxi along with four disciples (Qiu, Liu, Tan and Ma), while ...dition could be found everywhere in the North. Patriarch Qiu died in 1227. He was buried in the Eternal Spring Temple's Chushun Hall, which is now known
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• Qiu Chuji
  ...ear, after Qiu went to the Western Regions with eighteen of his disciples, he was revered as "Immortal", and the Emperor conferred him the title 'Patriar ...life and benefit other people, do good deeds, and cultivate their virtue. He hoped that the outer practice of Dao by doing benevolent deeds could contri
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• Daoism during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties (220-581)
  ...bility to contend with the government for tax money. Apart from the above, he didn't add too much to Daoist theory. Since then, the Northern Celestial Ma
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• Stone Cave Jade Dragon Temple (Chaoyang, Guangdong)
  ..., whenever a Daoist persists in Cultivation and Refinement ( 修煉 Xiulian ), he will finally attain the Dao and fly to immortality on a crane. In 2000, ano
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• Lu Xiujing
  ...to pursue his studies of Dao and look for traces of Immortals ( 仙 Xian ), he traveled to all the famous mountains, and his reputation spread far and wid ...laymen began to believe in him. Daoism began to prosper there. Sun Youyue, Li Guozhi and so on were Lu Xiujing's most famous disciples.
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• Chen Tuan
  ...Nothing' ( 希夷先生 Xiyi Xiansheng ). In the second year of Duangong (AD 989), he died in Zhaochao Valley, under the Lotus Peak. ...nite'' ( 無極圖 Wuji Tu ) and carved it onto the cliffs of Mt. Hua. Moreover, he drew a ''Chart of Anterior Heaven'' ( 先天圖 Xiantian Tu ), which integr
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• The Door Spirits
  ...petitioned to the emperor that together with Hu Jingde (or Weichi Jingde), he would like to stand outside the bedroom door in martial attire to guard the
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• Jade Spring Temple (Tianshui, Gansu)
  ...ji]], came to this place on his tour to Shaanxi. Attracted by the scenery, he constructed a shelter here, spending years as a hermit. In the 13th Zhiyuan ...the water in the spring to cure his eyes when he was living in the shelter he built for himself in this place. Since then, it has also been known as the
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• Kou Qianzhi
  ...red and ate medicinal herbs. Then he lived in seclusion on Mt. Song, where he practiced Dao for seven years and gradually became famous. #In the second year of Shenrui (A.D. 415), he declared that [[the Supreme Venerable Sovereign]] ( 太上老君 Tianshang
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• Fung Ying Seen Koon (Pengying Xianguan), Hong Kong
  ...in Temple of Guangzhou, once travelled along the Xiangjiang River to visit Li Daoming, the owner of Benli Garden in Anle Village, Fen Ridge. The reason f ...on, led by President Feng Diping, President-for-Life Qiu Fuxiong, Chairmen Li Xianhua and Lu Weigan, Vice-Chairmen Huang Chiquan and Zhu Yongchang, and t
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• Mt. Gezao
  ...lixir after touring the series of the famous peaks. After he attained Dao, he ascended the Heaven. ...zao. In the early Ming Dynasty, the royal court awarded the 50th successor Li Banxian, the 51st Zhang Zhunli and the 52nd Huang Guxu of Mt. Gezao as the
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• Pacing the Big Dipper
  ...g Dipper are two kinds of major physical movements of the ritual master as he conducts Magical Skills. ...here was another story about it. When Yu harnessed the water and the land, he saw on the seaside a big bird that was good at Breath Incantations. The bir
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• Temple of All-Embracing Heaven on Mt. Mian (Jiexiu, Shanxi)
  ...reat sum of money and started to restore Daoism in Mt. Mian. Till present, he and others have built over 60 halls and 600 statues, ranked as the highest ...ongming as the Martial God of Wealth ( 武財神 Wu Caishen ) and Bi Gan and Fan Li as the Civil Gods of Wealth ( 文財神 Wen Caishen )), the Hall of Salvati
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• Divination
  ..., and styled himself Zhiji. He did pass the provincial exam that year." Mr.Li changed his name according to the revelation in his dream and made his wish ...f scholarly ranks. Whoever circles by him will surely pass the civil exam. He Zhuan dreamed of this god, so it was natural for him to be successful in th
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• The Heavenly Lord of Dao and its Virtue
  ...the three lights of the Sun, Moon and Stars." "As the incarnation of Dao, he shelters and saves people." [[The Chart of the Ranks of the Perfected Souls ...d the highest true perfect Dao, numinous and subtle beyond name. Therefore he says: "Born before the formless, originated before supreme origin, fully gr
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• Aiding Creation Temple (Meizhou, Guangdong)
  ...mperor Lu. In the 13th year (1887) of the Guangxu era of the Qing dynasty, Li Peng and Jin Guixin, the mayors of the Jiaying county and city, prepared to ...prayer, immortal Lu in the North of the City is better than physicians for he asks for no fee." Medical lots had five sections: surgery, ophthalmology, g
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• S-shaped Ornamental Objects
  ...and li; a noble-hearted man retains his high aspirations even in old age", he hit the spittoon with an iron S-shaped Ornamental Object and completely bro
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• The Master of Rain
  ...n it, saying, "the Master of Rain is the Constellation Bi ( 畢星 Bixing ) ". He means, "when the moon is far away from the Constellation Bi, it rains in to ...ans multitude. Water is extensive in the soil. Thunder shakes ten thousand li, and even reaches the Supreme Mountain ( 太山 Taishan ), and so does the
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• Daoist Studies in the Great Britain
  ...ant Confucian classics including ''the Four Book''s into English. Moreover he translated ''Laozi'' into English as well. Later, his English versions were ...University and taught student missionaries "Chinese Three Doctrines" after he went back.
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• Zhang Sanfeng
  ...name was Quanyi, whose other name was Junshi, and was also called Sanfeng. He lived from ca.1314~1320 to 1417. ...he Perfect Men and the historical sites of [[Mt.Qingcheng]] and Mt.Heming. He also authored a treatise on Taiji shadowboxing ( 太極拳 Taijiquan ) as a
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• Mt. Wuyi
  ...other of Emperor Yuanzong "abandoned power and honor and became a Daoist". He entered Mt. Wuyi for cultivation and refinement. Emperor Yuanzong ordered t
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• Sima Chengzhen
  ...the Five Sacred Mountains ( 五獄 Wuyue ) in accordance with his own desire. He was good at carving seals and writing official script, and had a unique sty
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• Supreme Clarity Temple (Taiqinggong) , Shenyang
  ...Light Cave of Tiesha Mountain in Benxi, and was an illustrious personage. He was invited to Fengtian to illustrate the teachings at the ritual altar, th ...had great influence and made an outstanding contribution. After his death, he was interred in a tower specially built in Wuliang Temple of Mt. Qian.
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• Imperial Sovereign Wenchang
  ..." ( 神文聖武孝德忠仁王 Shenwen Shengweu Xiaode zhongren Wang ) conferred by Emperor Li. In the third year of the Yanyou Era of Emperor Ren of the Yuan dynasty (AD ...dong Xianjing ) and Magical Registers ( 法籙 Falu ) to eliminate the plague. He practiced them and succeeded. Therefore, Imperial Sovereign Wenchang is see
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• Three Origins Temple (Sanyuangong) , Guangzhou
  ...of the Qing dynasty (1700), Pingnan King Shang Kexi and Imperial Inspector Li Qifeng came to govern the Yue prefecture. Suffering from drought and requir ...last, the government judged that it should be buried on Mt. Luofu because he originally lived in this famous mountain; that his clothes and hat belonged
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• Eight Immortals Temple (Baxiangong) , Xi'an
  ...tablet inscribed with the words "supreme Dao of Jade Purity". In addition, he was given 1,000 liang silver to build temples. After Cixi returned, she gra
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• Mt. Song
  ...Daoist priests cultivated here, such as Pan Shizheng, [[Sima –chengzhen]], Li Hanguang. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, Xu Changling, Helan-xizhen and Qi
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• The Three Mao Perfect Sovereign Brothers
  ...e Supreme Ultimate'' ( 太極玄真之經 Taiji Xuanzhen Zhijing ). At the age of 49, he successfully finished cultivating Dao and returned home. ...e was recommended to hold governmental position. After several promotions, he became head of Wuwei.
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• Wudang Supreme Oneness Five-Agents Boxing
  ...xing tradition from Li Helin. Puxuan kept practicing this boxing secretly. He didn't reveal and transmit this boxing to anybody until the public performa
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• Lookout Tower Platform (Louguantai), Shanxi
  ...astrology, built a straw tower there to observe constellations and clouds. He welcomed Laozi to preach scriptures and doctrines at this place. Therefore, ...an dynasty. Eminent Daoists and writers, such as Zhongli Quan, Lü Dongbin, Li Bai, Bai juyi and Su Shi, have left a number of beautiful poems at the Look
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• Mt. Wudang
  ...Mountains in the west and Shennongjia in the south, it stretches over 800 li and consists of 72 peaks, 36 cliffs and 24 valleys. With its magnificent te ...ctures and usurped the throne from his niece, Emperor Jianwen claimed that he had been assisted by the Perfect Warrior in the "pacification" campaigns an
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• King Yu Temple on Mt. Tu (Bengbu, Anhui)
  ...r of the reign of empress Wu Zetian (692), Reverend Daoist ( 道長 daozhang ) Li Shenyu planted pomegranates in the locality. King Yu Temple was greatly enl
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• Daoist Studies in Korea
  He was a scholar of the practical school in the Korean Dynasty. ''The Five-Sta ...scholars did not pay attention to the Daoist transmission into Korea until Li's book was published, which changed the scholars' minds on the Daoist studi
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• White Cloud Temple (Baiyunguan), Beijing
  ...the first Emperor of the Yuan dynasty, and then returned to the East where he inhabited the Supreme Ultimate Temple by imperial order. Due to years of wa
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• The Spirit of Wealth
  ...eness Dragon Tiger Mystery Altar of Wish-Fulfilment of the Golden Dragon'. He controls worldy wealth; under his command are the Heavenly Lord Who Invokes ...was so rich throughout his life that, even after his ascension to heaven, he was designated to run worldly wealth as well as official posts and ranks. H
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• Mt. Qingcheng
  ...esteem by citizens of the state of Shu, and appointed as Prime Minister by Li Xiong, the founder of an independent regime in Chengdu; Zhao Yu of the Sui
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• Finger Gestures
  ...promptly the seven finger joints that symbolize the seven stars. Sometimes he has to use several fingers together with his palms, even with his two hands *Li: pinch the second joint of the middle finger with the thumb.
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• Daoism during the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (581-907)
  ...ples as well as increasing the number of Daoist followers. In his old age, he developed himself into a devout believer in the Daoist philosophy of Immort ...her, believed in Buddhism while supporting and taking advantage of Daoism. He assembled some scholars to write new Daoist books and compiled the contents
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• Rituals of Purification and Salvation
  ...Sovereign ( 真君 Zhenjun ) Ge has ascended to the rank of Immortality since he preached the teaching." But evidence has not yet been found in the literatu ...refinement and rebirth. Water and fire are placed outside, and the Kan and Li (trigrams) communicate inside. The nine Vital Breaths are provided for the
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• Mt. Mao Daoist Temple (Gourong, Jiangsu)
  ...ary of Scriptures, and the Repository of Treasures to its east and the Kan-Li Palace to its west. The third row is the chief building of the temple, the
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• Ancient Temple of the Yellow Dragon (Huanglong Guguan), Guangdong
  ...is place for the cult of the four scholars of the past, namely Zhou Dunyi, Li Yanping, Luo Qingshun, and Chen Baisha. During the years of Kangxi of the Q
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• The Kitchen Spirit
  ...he family name Su and the given name Jili, and its woman's name is Bojia". Li Xian of the Tang dynasty annotated and quoted the ''Miscellaneous Book of t ...like, for people expect to fill the stomach of the Kitchen Spirit so that he would not report the evils of the human world. People call this "reporting
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• Daoist Studies in Italy
  ...292, he was captured in a war and dictated Travels of Marco Polo, in which he mentioned the fertile land in China as well as the prosperity of its cities ..., their zeal to religions, and their sensitivity to justice and ethic. And he claimed to have generalized in his research on the customs of the Chinese a
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• Guanyin (Avalokitesvara)
  ...fu's wife Guan Daosheng began to depict Guanyin as a female, thinking that he was as merciful as female. She also wrote the ''Stories of Guanyin's Enligh Guanyin is also called Guanshiyin or Guanzizai. He is the foremost Bodhisattva in Chinese Buddhism. Guanyin worship is extreme
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• Hanging Up Zhongkui's Pictures and the Realgar Wine
  ...ixir and Medicine'' ( 神仙服餌丹石行藥法 Shenxian Fu'er Danshi Xingyao Fa ) by Jing Li. In the prescription, realgar is the main medicine and wine the aid. The af ...i appeared in his dream and became popular under the emperor's order. Then he became deeply rooted in Chinese folklore.
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• Understanding Dao and Establishing Virtue
  ...practice. Only if a person comprehends and cultivates Dao by himself, can he obtain Dao for himself. ...an empty mind. One can awake to the true essence of the great Dao only if he understands it in calmness.
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• Daoist Studies in Australia
  ...search institute and research fellow of the humane studies centre. Besides he was once invited as a member of the British and Northern Ireland Imperial c ...k an impartial attitude towards Chinese culture and religion. What's more, he made more original discoveries and gave his incisive arguments.
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• Daoist Temples
  ...cripture Masters and presides over all the major and minor Daoist rituals. He is responsible for petitions, receiving immortals, all pilgrimage affairs, ...ming ), saying, "a temple (guan) is a place from which one can look afar." He also cites the annotations, saying, "the word ' Temple' means " to observe"
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• Daoism during the Song and Yuan Dynasties
  ...Talismans of the Great Mean'' ( 大中祥符 Dazhong Xianfu ) were descending. So he changed the title of his reign to "Auspicious Talismans of the Great Mean" ...nstructed on a large scale and had the Nine Cauldrons ( 九鼎 Jiuding ) cast. He also set up a system of Daoist Learning, personally explained the [[Book of
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