INTERNATIONAL TAO CULTURE ASSOCIATION
2025-06-08 Sunday 农历五月十三
Wang Changyue
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     Wang Changyue (? (1680) A Taoist priest in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. His original name was Ping and his pseudonym was Kunyangzi. From Changzhi, Shanxi Province. He was once taught the precepts by Zhao Fuyang, the sixth patriarch of the Longmen School of the Quanzhen Sect, on Wangwu Mountain. Later, he received the "Heavenly Immortal Great Precepts" on Jiugong Mountain. In the thirteenth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1656), he was appointed as the main lecturer of the Baiyun Taoist Temple and was bestowed the purple robe three times. And in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Wudang, Hubei, the "Three Great Precepts" were passed down, which were divided into three grades: "Initial True", "Middle Extreme" and "Heavenly Immortal". In the 19th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, he passed away after passing on the robe and bowl to his disciple Tan Shoushi. In the 45th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1706), he was bestowed the title of "Baoyi Gaoshi". He authored works such as "Longmen Xinfa" (also known as "Biyuan Platform Sutra").