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His theory of Inner Alchemy is different from that of Zhang Boduan and Shi Tai. Zhang employs idea of Sudden Enlightenment ( 頓悟圓通 Dunwu Yuantong ) to define the Reversion to Emptiness of Inner Alchemy ( 內丹還虛 Neidan Huanxu ). Bai Yuchan, on the other hand, integrates ideas of Chan Buddhism into Daoism by stressing that the highest Dao lies in a man's mind, and a man's mind is Dao itself. He also combined Thunder Skills with Inner Alchemy, which helped to form the theory of Cultivation characteristic of the Southern Lineage. That is, Inner Refinement produces Inner Alchemy, and Outer Refinement produces Skills, a theory which has had great influence on the Daoist theory of Cultivation and Refinement of later periods. In addition, when he was roaming over the country, he accepted [[Liu Yuanchang]], Peng Lu, Cheng Shoumo and Zhan Jirei as disciples. According to some books, numerous scholars from different regions came to him in that period. As a result, he ended the tradition of the Southern Lineage according to which one patriarch had only one disciple, a system which had lasted between the eras of Zhang Boduan and Cheng Nan. After his transmitting Dao and teaching Skills on [[Mt . Wuyi]], he founded the Southern Lineage of the Golden Elixir sect. On the other hand, following the example of the Twenty-Four Dioceses ( 二十四台 Ershi Sizhi ), and the custom of calling Masters' homes as Dioceses, and believers as Tranquility Rooms, a tradition begun during the Celestial Masters era of the Eastern Han dynasty, Bai Yuchan also had Tranquility Rooms established as places for religious activities.