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A branch of [[The Dragon Gate Sect]] of [[The Complete Perfection Tradition]], the Azure Grotto Lineage was founded during the reign of the Qing dynasty emperor Kangxi by Cheng Qingjue, a Dragon Gate Daoist from Wuchang city in Hubei. Cheng Qingjue had followed Zhan Tailin, a Complete Perfection Daoist, as a disciple at Prince Hill on [[Mt. Wudang]], and then gone to Sichuan, preaching on [[Mt. Qingcheng]]. He was summoned to the imperial court by emperor Kangxi and granted the title "Perfect Man of the Azure Grotto", dragon and tiger seals, as well as a horizontal board bearing the inscription "Elixir Platform of the Azure Grotto". Consequently, the Azure Grotto Lineage of the Dragon Gate emerged and had a great influence on Daoism in Sichuan. Nowadays, the Daoists on Mt. Qincheng and at Black Sheep Temple belong to the Azure Grotto Lineage. [[Yi Xinyun]], the modern Daoist scholar of Mt. Qincheng, was the 22nd inheritor of the Lineage.
[[zh:碧洞宗]]