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| | Zhang Daoling (Patriarch of the Celestial Masters) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | Zhang Daoling first cultivated Dao as a recluse on Mt Beimang, and later on Mt Fanyang, after he obtained the Yellow Emperor Nine Cauldron Alchemical Scripture |
 | | After ingesting the finished Elixir, he was able to transform subtly, to divide and distribute his figure and image, and acquired the marvelous ability to appear when seated and to disappear when standing. |
 | | On the 9th day of the ninth lunar month of the second year of the Yongshou era, Zhang Daoling went to Yuntai Diocese, gave his son Zhang Heng the remaining elixir, seal, sword, and the Talismans and Registers of the Inspector of Merits |
| www.eng.taoism.org.hk /general-daoism/eminent-philosophers&accomplished-daoists/pg1-4-6.asp (666 words) |
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