Laozi

Laozi

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Laozi (also Lao Tse, Laotze, Lao Zi, and other variations) was a philosopher of ancient China and an important figure in Taoism (also called...

Zhuangzi

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Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher...
Qiu Chuji

Qiu Chuji

male, deceased (1227)
Qiu Chuji (Traditional Chinese: 丘處機; Simplified Chinese: 丘处机, alternately rendered Kiu Chang Chun, Taoist name 長春; [Perpetual Spring]; 1148 -...
Ge Hong

Ge Hong

male, deceased (364)
Ge Hong was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty (263-420), best known for his interest in Daoism, alchemy, and techniques of l...
Zhang Daoling

Zhang Daoling

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Zhang Daoling, also commonly called Zhang Ling, was an Eastern Han dynasty (2nd Century CE) Taoist hermit who founded the Zhengyi Mengwei Tianshi...
Wang Bi

Wang Bi

male, deceased (249)
Wang Bi, courtesy name Fu Si (辅嗣), was a Chinese philosopher. His most important works are commentaries on Laozi's "Dao De Jing" and the "I Chin...
Wang Chongyang

Wang Chongyang

male, deceased (1170)
Wang Chongyang <small>&lt;nowiki>[&lt;/nowiki>Chinese calendar: 宋徽宗政和二年十二月廿二 – 金世宗大定十年正月初四<nowiki>]</nowi...
Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng

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Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either...
Wang Yuanlu

Wang Yuanlu

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Wang Yuanlu (c.a. 1849 - 1931) was a Taoist priest acting as an abbot of the caves in Dunhuang at the beginning of the 20th century. He discovered...
Guo Xiang

Guo Xiang

male, deceased (312)
Guo Xiang (d. 312 C.E.), is credited with the first and most important revision of the text known as the Zhuangzi which, along with the Laozi,...