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道家千峰先天派

Article: Zhao Bichen (1860-1942)

Universal Health and Longevity

The home garden's scenery is beautiful;
The weather is that of spring.
Without working with the plough and hoe
The whole earth is golden

Chang Po-Tuan (984-1082 CE)
PictureMaster Zhao Bichen & Grand Master Liao Kong
The Qianfeng School of Daoist self-cultivation falls within the Dao Jia (道家) - or the 'Family of Daoist Philosophy' tradition.  Although it utilises the practice of neidan shu (內丹術), (or the 'arts of internal medicine cultivation'), a central practice is that of seated meditation - turning sensory stimulus back to its empty mind source.  The Qianfeng - (or 'Thousand Peaks') School is the developmental product of the lifelong cultivated wisdom of its founder - Grand Master Zhao Bichen (1860-1942) [赵避尘] - who trained with many Daoist and Ch'an Buddhist followers of the Dao - and after training in the Wu Liu School (伍柳派), he became proficient in the practice of the Quanzhen Dao School (全眞道) - or 'Complete Reality Teaching' - before eventually inheriting the 11th generation teachings through its Longmen (龙门派) Branch.  Like the Wu Liu and Quanzhen Schools, the Qianfeng School retains a distinct Ch'an Buddhist influence, whilst remaining wholly 'Daoist' in essence.  This association - which in the Quanzhen tradition is linked directly to the 'emptiness' (sunyata) theory contained within the Buddhist Prajna Paramita Sutra - allows for the entry into Daoist self-cultivation of those usually more familiar with Buddhist concepts.  This fact demonstrates the universality of the Qianfeng teachings that are preserved and continued in modern China today, by Master Zhao Ming Wang (赵明旺) [b. 1966] - the great grandson of Zhao Bichen.  Qianfeng Daoism (UK) offers written - long distance - support for those who which to cultivate the Dao in harmonious isolation and peaceful solitude.  Sincere students of the Dao are encouraged to study the Zhouyi (周易), or 'Classic of Change' (易经 = Yi Jing), and Charles Luk's English translation of Zhao Bichen's self-cultivation manual entitled 'Taoist Yoga'.  

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