Glossary
Quanzhen 全真
"Complete Perfection". The monastic, celibate Taoist order founded by Wang Chongyang in the twelfth century, whose emphasis on internal alchemy makes it the closest institutional relative of Mo Pai's methods. Its Longmen (龍門) branch is the one most often named in discussions of neigong.
Where this term appears
- ArticleTaoism, and Where Mo Pai Sits in It
- PersonLü Dongbin
- PersonWang Chongyang
- PersonQiu Chuji
- BookThe Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters
- BackgroundQuanzhen and the Dragon Gate
- BackgroundWudang and Longmen Neigong
- BackgroundThe Secret of the Golden Flower
- Timeline1170 CE — Quanzhen and the Longmen branch