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		The Quanzhen school of Taoism was founded during this period, and together with the Zhengyi Celestial Masters is one of the two schools of Taoism that have survived to the present.
		The Quanzhen school does have a tradition of approaching Taoism through scriptural study, and the Yijing features more prominently than any other scripture, owing to its relevance for cosmology.
		Since politics was conceived by these traditional schools as a scheme for "unifying" all "under the sky" in their favored dao, Daoists tend toward anarchism, mistrustful of hierarchical social structures and particularly, governments.
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	The Quanzhen School biography .ms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The school is found by Wang Chongyang, who is a Taoist specialized in the process of "alchemy within the body", or what we called Qigong now.
		Quanzhen?s main principles are primarily Taoist studies and secondly martial arts, in a short period of several decades Quanzhen gained a lot of support from both the world of martial arts and the common people.
		It is said that Quanzhen disciples were both chivalrous and benevolent and gained a high reputation in the realm of martial arts; out of respect people called the Quanzhen School the orthodox Taoist martial arts school.
	the-quanzhen-school.biography.ms.cob-web.org:8888 (308 words)

	The Quanzhen School - China-related Topics TE-TH - China-Related Topics
		The Quanzhen School is a major sect of Taoism that originated in China.
		Like most Taoists, Quanzhen priests were particularly concerned with longevity through alchemy and herbs combined with the wisdom of the Tao, the Five Elements, and the ying and yangYin-Yang balance.
		The disciples of Wang Chongyang, called the Seven Elders, were all reverred as immortals and were a staunch ally of the Han Chinese during the occupation of the northern territories by the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)Jurchens and the Mongolians later on.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/The_Quanzhen_School (1213 words)

	Ma Danyang's Twelve Acupoints: Valuable Points for Acupuncturists to Know and Use
		Although the Quanzhen school adopted an organized temple lifestyle as it developed after Wang's death, the path of simplicity that he advocated still remains a strong part of the tradition.
		In order to prevent leakage, Quanzhen adepts focused their efforts on suppressing their desires while using various methods of meditation, internal visualization, controlled breathing, and simple exercises to circulate the qi and gather it at the Elixir Field where it could be refined into perfect qi.
		Although such losses would be normal for all other men, the practitioners of the immortality arts considered any such loss a huge setback and a threat to their potential for both the health and longevity of the body and the ability to attain immortality of the spirit.
	www.itmonline.org /arts/madanyang.htm (5421 words)

	Article: The Underdog Sect of Jin Yong: Quanzhen!
		Both characters had a rather bad impression of the Quanzhen disciples, but both were young at that time they formed such an opinion and they later changed their attitude towards them for the good.
		When the Seven Masters of Quanzhen were attacking her because Mei was killing again, Huang scoffed at the Seven Masters and blamed them for bullying his blind pupil.
		Quanzhen neigong was renowned and a very powerful neigong theory, yet he still passed it on to Guo Jing.
	www.spcnet.tv /article_quanzhen.shtml (4155 words)

	Chinese History - Jin Dynasty (Jurchen) é‘ religion and customs (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		The Buddhist sects of the Jin era were the Chan School ç¦ªå®— (in the West better known with the Japanese pronunciation Zen) with the monks Yuanxing å“æ§, Xiangliao ç¸äº, Daowu é“, Jiaoxiang æ•äº«, and the monk "Wansong" Xingxiu è¬æ¾è¡ç§ who combined in his writings thought of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.
		Because the philosophical depth of this school was not too deep, it vanished during the Yuan Dynasty å.
		The philosophical and ethical rules (jiu tiao jiefa ä¹æ¢æ’æ³• "nine commandments") of the Dadao School å¤§é“æ• were much more elaborated and concrete and in many aspects considered the ethical behaviour of society that was deeply influenced by Confucian thought, and of the philosophy of Laozi èå who focused on tranquility (jing é) of lifestyle.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Song/jinn-religion.html (1375 words)

	Daoism: The Oral Tradition
		Quanzhen Daoism is a truly "ecumenical" or all-enfolding school of practice, as its name implies.
		"Quanzhen" means in a literal sense "all truth" or "all that is true" as a basis of practice.
		Quanzhen Daoism is the most powerful school in China today, officially approved by the State through the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Government, and the United Front Association of the Communist Party in China, Professors Kubo Noritada and Yoshioka Yoshitoyo of Japan pioneered in the study of the Quanzhen School.
	www.whpq.net /whpq/200203/200203/004-1.htm (3794 words)

	Wang Chongyang / Index / Jin Yong / Characters / Wuxiapedia - The comprehensive wuxia knowledge base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Meanwhile, the Quanzhen School became the most prominent martial arts school in the entire realm of martial arts and was known as the Taoist orthodox martial arts style.
		The main principles of Quanzhen was to help others and resist the Jurchen aggressors in the north, and Wang Chongyang and the Quanzhen school not only won the respect of martial artists but also of the common people.
		But he issued a final order that no disciple of the Quanzhen school was allowed to learn the martial arts of the manual with that he died.
	wuxiapedia.com /characters/jin_yong/index/wang_chongyang (2054 words)

	Jinyong - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He first studied at Zhejiang Province Jiaxing High School, then was admitted to the Faculty of Foreign Languages in Chunking Central University and transferred to the Faculty of Law of Dongwu University to major in International Law.
		In 1959, together with fellow high school mate Sham Po Sun (沈寶新), Cha founded the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.
		Unspecified: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (It is thought to have taken place during early Ming because of the existence of Wudang and Emei sects.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jinology (2452 words)

	Wang Zhe Biography \| eorl_14_package.xml
		The third son of a great landowner in Xianyang, Shaanxi province, Wang received a Confucian education and entered the district school in Xianyang at the age of twenty.
		Following a disagreement with his teacher, however, Wang was denied permission to sit for the civil service examination and had to settle for success in the less prestigious military examination.
		The Quanzhen school drew upon Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, the so-called Three Teachings, for its doctrine and practice.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/wang-zhe-eorl-14 (398 words)

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		It looked like that the martial arts of Quanzhen School was entirely useless when facing the Ancient Tomb school, this was another frightening thought.
		Afterwards they heard that Xiao Longnu and Yang Guo defeated Imperial Priest with their combined swordplay, the entire Quanzhen school was shocked.
		The five masters of Quanzhen would be able to deal with the Imperial Priest if he would lead his disciples against Quanzhen or the Ancient Tomb school if they would try to extract vengeance upon Quanzhen.
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	Wang Chongyang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her husband, Ma Yu, was another of the seven disciples.
		Almost every stance of his Quanzhen martial arts was countered.
		He did not want to study the martial arts in the manual and prohibited all Quanzhen disciples to learn it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wang_Chongyang (3064 words)

	Teachings And Practices Of The Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters by Eskildsen, Stephen
		An in-depth study of the beliefs and practices of the Quanzhen, Complete Realization, school of Taoism, who sought to cultivate the mind not only through seated meditation, but also throughout the daily activities of life.
		The Quanzhen school was founded in the latter half of the twelfth century by the eccentric holy man Wan Zhe (1113-1170), whose work was continued by his famous disciples commonly known as the Seven Realized Ones.
		This study draws upon surviving texts to examine the Quanzhen masters' approaches to mental discipline, intense asceticism, cultivation of health and longevity, mystical experience, supernormal powers, views of death and dying, charity and evangelism, and ritual.
	www.wisdom-books.com /ProductDetail.asp?PID=12927 (214 words)

	Quanzhen Tradition
		As the third patriarch of the Quanzhen school he is honoured as Ancestor Lü.
		Although the Quanzhen school adopted a temple lifestyle as it developed after Wang’s death, the path of simplicity that he advocated still remains a strong part of the tradition.
		With this recognition and support the Quanzhen school grew very quickly and Qiu encouraged the building of many Daoist temples, developing the structure for that way of life.
	www.taoists.co.uk /quanzhen.htm (2346 words)

	Taoism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Aspects of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism were consciously synthesized in the Neo-Confucian school, which eventually became Imperial orthodoxy for state bureaucratic purposes.
		The Quanzhen school does have a tradition of approaching Taoism through scriptural study.
		This became institutionalized by the time of the Song dynasty, when aspects of the three schools were consciously synthesized in the Neo-Confucian school, which eventually became Imperial orthodoxy for state bureaucratic purposes.
	88.208.194.172 /wiki/index.php/Daoism (4056 words)

	Wang Chongyang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Depending on the translation, his disciples were later known as either The Seven Masters of Quanzhen or The Seven Elders of Quanzhen.
		As a result, the Quanzhen school of Taoism flourished and is still strong today.
		The main principles of Quanzhen was to help others and resist the Jurchen aggressors in the north, thus Wang Chongyang and the Quanzhen school not only won the respect of martial artists But also of the common people.
	wang-chongyang.iqnaut.net (2226 words)

	The Quanzhen School (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The school is founded by Wang Chongyang, who is a Taoist.
		Because the northern territories of the Song Empire were in the hands of the Jurchens (and Mongolians later on), they viewed the Han Chinese as second rate (or even lower rate) citizens, making their lives extremely harsh.
		It is said that Quanzhen disciples were both chivalrous and benevolent and gained a high reputation in the realm of martial arts.
	the-quanzhen-school.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (368 words)

	Daoism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Quanzhen or Complete Perfection School (Quanzhen jiao) emerged at the end of the Northern Song (960-1127) and the Jurchen Jin (1115-1234) during a war-torn era in Chinese history.
		The Complete Perfection school is one of only two major Daoist divisions that still exist the other being the Celestial Masters, which was founded during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).
		Externally, north China in the twelfth and thirteenth cenzruies had entered a perios of political unrest and scial turmoil as a result of the contention among the Song, Jin and Yuan for control of the central plateau.
	www.gongfu.ch /english/introdao.html (1159 words)

	Quanzhen (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Quanzhen is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		quanzhen, The Quanzhen School, The Quanzhen School - Foundation Principles, The Quanzhen School - History, The Quanzhen School - Popular Culture, The Quanzhen School - References, The Quanzhen School - How It Was Founded, The Quanzhen School - Orthodox Kung Fu, The Quanzhen School - Support of the People
		In 1219 he was invited by Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol empire and greatest of Asiatic conquerors, to visit him.
	www.experiencefestival.com.cob-web.org:8888 /quanzhen (874 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Do Taoists Believe In Rebirth? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first text originally accepted by Daoism, the Dao De Jing, was allegedly written by the mythical figure of Lao-Zi, who according to legend was born at the age of 81 from his mother's arm pit.
		This is evident in the Quanzhen Daoist plays of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) such the "Yueyang Tower" where rebirth plays a crucial role.
		The other major Daoist school of modern day, Zheng Yi, is slightly less influenced by Buddhism but still, as a rule, hold the concepts of rebirth and karma.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=19399 (3564 words)

	EASC Newsletter: Print-Ready Version
		The articles range from the foundation of Quanzhen Buddhism to the connection between identity and the Quanzhen school.
		French then returned to the States to teach at-risk high school students for two years in Tennessee, though even this part of her life had a connection with Japan.
		Applying to graduate schools, she was drawn to Indiana University for a number of reasons.
	www.indiana.edu /~easc/newsletter/2002/01-02/printready.htm (5445 words)

	Wang Chongyang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		'''Wang Chongyang''' (1113 to 1170 C.E.) was a Song Dynasty Taoist who was one of the founders of Quanzhen Taoism ("The Way of Complete Perfection") in the 12th century.
		Later, Wang Chongyang's teachings were referred to the "Teachings of the Complete Perfection" (after the hut) and his branch of Taoism became known as the "Complete Perfection" (aka Quanzhen) school.
		The main principles of Quanzhen was to help others and resist the Jurchen aggressors in the north.
	wang-chongyang.mindbit.com (2840 words)

	Daoist Studies, Notices of New Books on Daoism, Taoism \| Taoism \| Daoism
		The Quanzhen School was founded in the latter half of the twelfth century by the eccentric holy man Wang Zhe (1113-1170), whose work was continued by his famous disciples commonly known as the Seven Realized Ones.
		From these primary sources, Eskildsen provides a clear understanding of the nature of Quanzhen Taoism and reveals its core emphasis to be the cultivation of clarity and purity of mind that occurs not only through seated meditation, but also throughout the daily activities of life.
		The book is a thematic introduction to Daoism, with an emphasis on Daoism as a living tradition in China and the West.
	www.daoiststudies.org /newbooks.php (1184 words)

	Wang Chongyang - China-related Topics WA-WD - China-Related Topics
		Wang Chongyang (1113 to 1170 C.E.) was a Song Dynasty Taoist who was one of the founders of The Quanzhen SchoolQuanzhen Taoism ("The Way of Complete Perfection") in the 12th century.
		The main principles of Quanzhen schoolQuanzhen was to help others and resist the JurchensJurchen aggressors in the north.
		Zhou Botong and the Seven Masters of the Quanzhen SchoolQuanzhen were mourning for their Master, but later that night several martial arts experts came to the Chongyang Palace Shrine with the purpose of stealing the scripture.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Wang_Chongyang (3060 words)

	Wang Chongyang (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He entered the tournament of Mount Hua not to claim the manual or for the title of number one martial arts master, but to prevent the realm of martial arts thrown into turmoil and innocent lives wasted on this codex anymore.
		Because he realised that the manual was not his to burn and hoped that in the future someone would make good use of the codex.
		Zhou Botong and the seven masters of Quanzhen were mourning for their teacher, but later that night several martial arts experts came to the Chongyang Shrine with the purpose of stealing the codex.
	wang-chongyang.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888 (2103 words)

	Session 144 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Liu Haichan was a court official in the tenth century who became a famous Daoist immortal.
		He has been worshipped as the fourth patriarch of the Quanzhen school, one of the largest schools of religious Daoism since the 13th century.
		From the middle of the Ming period, he has been extraordinarily popular and gradually transformed into a folk symbol of good fortune.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/2000abst/China/C-144.htm (1052 words)

	quanzhen - OneLook Dictionary Search (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		Phrases that include quanzhen: quanzhen school, the quanzhen school
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