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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...n was very familiar with it. Moreover, through combining different images, he gave the 'green maiden' deeper implications.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...on-action. If a man changes the pursuit for Dao into intentional behavior, he leaves the Dao.
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  • ...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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  • .... 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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  • ...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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  • ...eror of the Tang dynasty, based himself on the Twofold Mystery School when he commented on Laozi.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • .... 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • 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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  • .... 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ..., 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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