Zhang Sanfeng (1247- 1458), whose real name is Quan Yi and whose real name is Junbao, was born in Sanfeng, a Taoist priest, in Yizhou, western Liaoning (or Shaowu, Fujian). According to the legend of Wudang Mountain Taoism, Zhang Sanfeng practiced Buddhism in Wudang Mountain, Xunxian County, Hubei Province, and worshipped mysterious gods as the main gods. According to the existing martial arts of Wutang School, he is also the founder of Wutang School.
During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, there appeared a man named Li Xiyue, who claimed to have been personally taught the secret recipe by Zhang Sanfeng and was active in Leshan, Sichuan, and founded one of the largest schools of Taoism at that time.
In his later years, Zhang Sanfeng taught Yang Shandeng, one of the Four Immortals of Taihe, the method of the Hidden Immortal School of the Dragon. Yang Shandeng is also the founder of Qianshi Immortal Education. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the war, part of the inheritance of Qiancheng Xianjiao was lost, and Su Qi merged with folk Taoism and renamed it Qiancheng Xiange. At present, the immortal pavilion of Qianshi has developed from three sons of Qianshi to five branches.
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Zhang Sanfeng's works are abundant, and in the Qing Dynasty, Li and others compiled Straight Talk about Mystery, Meditation Song, Xuan Yao Pian, Rootless Tree and so on. This is the complete works of Mr. Zhang Sanfeng that have been handed down to this day. Many of these chapters are highly praised by later generations. However, Zhang Sanfeng's masterpiece should be called the twenty-four Dan characters in Rootless Tree.
For thousands of years, Taoist theory has been mysterious and obscure, which can not be widely accepted by the society, thus hindering the in-depth spread of Taoism. Zhang Sanfeng used the genre of lyrics and buzzwords to turn the metaphysical theory of fixed truth into a well-known lyric "rootless tree". This song "Rootless Tree" consists of 24 songs, including Zhang Sanfeng's hermit school's theory of repairing truth and its subsequent practice.
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