Kunlun Xian Zong Pai by Liu Peizhong in Taiwan

[Taoist Texts]

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@steveHow definitive is the assertion that all neidan has come to the west and modern China through the Wu-Liu teachings?

Since you are in neidan you will know these two books, only through which the west first learned about neidan back in the previous century:

https://www.amazon.com/Taoist-Yoga-Kuan-Charles-Luk/dp/0877280673

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https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Golden-Flower-Chinese-Book/dp/0156799804

The first one is directly WL and the second one was disseminated in china as a part of the WL corpus

 

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Are there resources in English on the topic I can access that you know of?

Are you familiar with the Kunlun Xian Zong Pai (崑崙仙宗) as popularized by Liu Peizhong in Taiwan?

 

There is a little bit on the history of the Kunlun Xian Zong Pai here: Daoism in the
Twentieth Century Between Eternity and Modernity Edited by David A. Palmer and Xun Liu University of California Press

https://escholarship.org/content/qt13w4k8d4/qt13w4k8d4_noSplash_8e98d381b968a669408d84dbcf68a8a9.pdf?t=lyu9kg

 

and here is your WL connection

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...we were given orally by a Taoist in Taiwan, Liu Peizhong   劉培中 , who claimed to be an adept of the Wu-Liu School...p. 140 Catherine Despeux, Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies https://dokumen.pub/qdownload/taoism-and-self-knowledge-the-chart-for-the-cultivation-of-perfection-xiuzhen-tu-900438345x-9789004383456.html

 

 

 

[doc benway]

On 11/13/2022 at 11:56 PM, Taoist Texts said:

Since you are in neidan you will know these two books, only through which the west first learned about neidan back in the previous century:

https://www.amazon.com/Taoist-Yoga-Kuan-Charles-Luk/dp/0877280673

and

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Golden-Flower-Chinese-Book/dp/0156799804

The first one is directly WL and the second one was disseminated in china as a part of the WL corpus

 

I know the books but neither I, nor my teacher used them or recommended them.

The techniques I learned from my teacher are quite a bit different from the books but of course there are some similarities.

 

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There is a little bit on the history of the Kunlun Xian Zong Pai here: Daoism in the
Twentieth Century Between Eternity and Modernity Edited by David A. Palmer and Xun Liu University of California Press

https://escholarship.org/content/qt13w4k8d4/qt13w4k8d4_noSplash_8e98d381b968a669408d84dbcf68a8a9.pdf?t=lyu9kg

 

Yes, I've begun reading that recently. Lots of good info about modern and recent Daoist practice. I'm slowly working through it.

Thanks

 

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and here is your WL connection

 

...we were given orally by a Taoist in Taiwan, Liu Peizhong   劉培中 , who claimed to be an adept of the Wu-Liu School...p. 140 Catherine Despeux, Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies https://dokumen.pub/qdownload/taoism-and-self-knowledge-the-chart-for-the-cultivation-of-perfection-xiuzhen-tu-900438345x-9789004383456.html

 

Very interesting find!

Thank you for sharing that.

If you come across additional references that shed light on Liu Peizhong and the Kunlun Xian Zong Pai, please consider sharing here. I will as well. I've come across a few references here and there but they're scarce, in English at least. 

 

[Taoist Texts]

5 hours ago, steve said:

If you come across additional references that shed light on Liu Peizhong

Of course, anytime

 

this is a snippet of a 1 hour long chinese reel on him

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1wY411V7M2/

 

Edited November 16, 2022 by Taoist Texts
the snippet said to be from 1936;)

[doc benway]

Thanks for the link, I’ve seen that film but my Chinese comprehension is too limited to make the most of it. 

[doc benway]

Here is something that mentions him but offers limited info -

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/41/mp.html

 

I’ve also come across a brief reference in Keith Stevens "Chinese Gods: The Unseen World of Spirits and Demons.” It mentions he was master of Kunlun Xianzong and brought it from Shandong.

 

I also found this figurine of Liu Peizhong that was sold at auction:

 

[doc benway]

@Taoist Texts

 

I recently came across the book Taoist Chanting and Recitation by Stuart Alve Olson.

It contains a variety of chants and recommendations for daily practice that the author received from his teacher TT Liang, who in turn received them from Liu Peizhong. The liturgical sources are said to come from The Highest Treasury of Truth Scripture of the Quan Zhen sect and attributed to Lu Dongbin. It contains a number of other scriptures as well and Olson's translation of the Dao De Jing.

I've just started to look through and like what I see so thought I'd mention it here for anyone interested in resources associated with Liu Peizhong, Dragon Gate, or Complete Reality traditions. 

 

 

[RobB]

Might be interesting for some interested in the Tai Chi above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z724Op-U9uA

[Shubin]

I did not know there is a Kunlun Xian Zong Pai (崑崙仙宗)， at lease in mainland of China。

Their website has a lineage  but it did mention anything about Wu-Liu School.