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  • ...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
    9 KB (1,327 words) - 10:40, 21 October 2009
  • ...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
    8 KB (1,342 words) - 13:31, 26 July 2009
  • ...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
    8 KB (1,339 words) - 13:45, 27 July 2009
  • ...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
    11 KB (1,862 words) - 16:25, 7 November 2009
  • ...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
    23 KB (3,906 words) - 10:52, 2 September 2009
  • ...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
    12 KB (1,888 words) - 11:19, 16 October 2009
  • ...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.
    11 KB (1,850 words) - 10:29, 7 November 2009
  • ...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.
    23 KB (3,858 words) - 14:56, 21 September 2009
  • ...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.
    23 KB (3,901 words) - 15:45, 2 September 2009
  • ...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"
    53 KB (8,610 words) - 16:59, 31 August 2009
  • ...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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