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==Origin of the Five Northern Patriarchs==
The Five Northern Patriarchs ( 北五祖 Bei Wuzu ) were the five Daoist founders worshiped by [[the Complete Perfection Doctrine]] ( 全真教 Quanzhen Jiao ), including [[Wang Xuanpu]] the Imperial Sovereign of Donghua ( 東華帝君 Donghua Dijun ), [[Zhongli Quan]] the Zhengyang Imperial Sovereign, [[Lu Dongbin]] the Chunyang Imperial Sovereign, [[Liu Haichan]] the Haichan Imperial Sovereign, and [[Wang Chongyang]] the Chongyang Imperial Sovereign. They were known as the Five Northern Patriarchs, as there were five other Daoist patriarchs – [[the Five Southern Patriarchs]] ( 南五祖 Nan Wuzu ).

==Transmission==
According to ''[[the Records of the Orthodox Sect of the Golden Lotus]]'' ( 金蓮正宗記 Jinlian Zhengzong Ji ), the Doctrine of Complete Perfection was passed down from [[the Supreme Venerable Sovereign]] ( 太上老君 Taishang Laojun ) to [[the Golden Mother]] ( 金母 Jinmu ), who passed it to the Highest Perfect Man of White Clouds ( 白雲上頂 Baiyun Shangzhen ), who passed it to Wang Xuanpu, the Donghua Imperial Sovereign. At the Ningyang Grotto of Mt Zhongnan, Wang Xuanpu imparted the Perfect Formula of Longevity ( 長生真訣 Changshen Zhenjue ), the Fire Phases for Refining Golden Elixirs ( 金丹火候 Jindan Huohou ) and the Black Dragon Swordplay ( 青龍劍法 Qinglong Jianfa ) to Zhongli Quan, who later taught Lu Dongbin the Swordplay of the Heavenly Withdrawal of the Great Dao ( 大道天遞 Dadao Tiandun ) and the Secret Formula for Making Dragon and Tiger Elixirs. Lu Dongbin later imparted to Liu Haichan and Wang Chongyang the Daoist skills of Purity and Tranquility ( 清靜 Qingjing ) and Non-Interference ( 無為 Wuwei ), Nourishing Spiritual Nature and Cultivating Bodily Life ( 養性修命 Yangxing Xiuming ), and Abstracting Elixirs from Liquefied Gold ( 金液還丹 Jinye Huandan ). While Liu Haichan taught the Dao to Zhang Ziyang whose disciples formed the Southern Lineage ( 南宗 Nanzong ) of Daoism, Wang Chongyang imparted Dao to [[the Seven Perfect Ones of the North]] ( 北七真 Beiqi Zhen ) whose disciples formed the Northern Lineage ( 北宗 Beizong ). From then on the Doctrine of Complete Perfection was spread increasingly widely with the passage of time, and its followers were found everywhere.
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