Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 22 January 1170) (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Wng Chngyng) was a Song Dynasty Taoist and one of the founders of the Quanzhen School in the twelfth century. He was one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen. He is also featured in works of Wuxia fiction. Wang Chongyang was born with his birth name as "Zhongfu" in a wealthy family in 1113. He was educated in Chinese classics and martial arts. Wang intended to start a rebellion against the Jin Dynasty, which ruled northern China then. According to tradition, in the summer of 1159 when he was 48, he met two Taoist immortals in a tavern, Zhongli Quan and L Dongbin. They trained him in secret forms of Taoism. He changed his name to "Zhe" and adopted the Taoist name "Chongyang." In 1160, Wang met one of the immortals again and was provided with a set of written instructions called "Ganshui Xianyuan Lu." Those written instructions included the names of two men who would later become his disciples (Ma Yu and Tan Chuduan). Wang Chongyang built a tomb for himself near Mount Zhongnan and called it "Tomb of the Living Dead." He lived in it for three years. At the end of the three years, Wang Chongyang filled the tomb with earth and built a hut on top of it and called it "Complete Perfection Hut." He spent the next four years in the hut studying Taoism and imparting his knowledge to others. During that time, he met Tan Chuduan who became his disciple after he cured Tan from illness. Qiu Chuji and Tan traveled around the local towns and villages with Wang and founded five Taoist congregations. Wang Chongyang's teachings were referred to the "Teachings of the Complete Perfection" (after the hut) and his branch of Taoism became known as the Qua... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=865437We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Taoists: Taoist Religious Leaders, List of Taoists, Wang Chongyang, Qiu Chuji, Wei Huacun, Kou Qianzhi, Zhang Daoling, Fan Changsheng. To get started finding Taoists: Taoist Religious Leaders, List of Taoists, Wang Chongyang, Qiu Chuji, Wei Huacun, Kou Qianzhi, Zhang Daoling, Fan Changsheng, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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28
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
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Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1157952089
Taoists: Taoist Religious Leaders, List of Taoists, Wang Chongyang, Qiu Chuji, Wei Huacun, Kou Qianzhi, Zhang Daoling, Fan Changsheng
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 22 January 1170) (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Wng Chngyng) was a Song Dynasty Taoist and one of the founders of the Quanzhen School in the twelfth century. He was one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen. He is also featured in works of Wuxia fiction. Wang Chongyang was born with his birth name as "Zhongfu" in a wealthy family in 1113. He was educated in Chinese classics and martial arts. Wang intended to start a rebellion against the Jin Dynasty, which ruled northern China then. According to tradition, in the summer of 1159 when he was 48, he met two Taoist immortals in a tavern, Zhongli Quan and L Dongbin. They trained him in secret forms of Taoism. He changed his name to "Zhe" and adopted the Taoist name "Chongyang." In 1160, Wang met one of the immortals again and was provided with a set of written instructions called "Ganshui Xianyuan Lu." Those written instructions included the names of two men who would later become his disciples (Ma Yu and Tan Chuduan). Wang Chongyang built a tomb for himself near Mount Zhongnan and called it "Tomb of the Living Dead." He lived in it for three years. At the end of the three years, Wang Chongyang filled the tomb with earth and built a hut on top of it and called it "Complete Perfection Hut." He spent the next four years in the hut studying Taoism and imparting his knowledge to others. During that time, he met Tan Chuduan who became his disciple after he cured Tan from illness. Qiu Chuji and Tan traveled around the local towns and villages with Wang and founded five Taoist congregations. Wang Chongyang's teachings were referred to the "Teachings of the Complete Perfection" (after the hut) and his branch of Taoism became known as the Qua... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=865437We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Taoists: Taoist Religious Leaders, List of Taoists, Wang Chongyang, Qiu Chuji, Wei Huacun, Kou Qianzhi, Zhang Daoling, Fan Changsheng. To get started finding Taoists: Taoist Religious Leaders, List of Taoists, Wang Chongyang, Qiu Chuji, Wei Huacun, Kou Qianzhi, Zhang Daoling, Fan Changsheng, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.