Chen Xiaoning is a leading figure of modern And contemporary Chinese Taoism and the founder of Xianxue. Originally named Yuanshan and Zhixiang, he was later renamed 撄宁, Zi Xiu,撄宁子, Anhui Huaining people. He is known as the "Giant of Immortal Studies", and the Taoist circles honor him as "the contemporary Taishang Laojun".
Born in December of the sixth year of the Qing Dynasty. His ancestral home is Xinchen Geng, Hongzhen Township, Huaining County, Anhui Province, and he lives in Sujia Lane, Anqing. His father, Mr. Chen Jingbo, was a member of the Qing Dynasty, who set up a school to teach apprentices and taught for his profession. At the age of 8, he was tutored to read Confucian scriptures, and at the age of 14, he was able to write and write poetry. He was gifted with intelligence, studied diligently, and had a rich foundation in Confucianism in his youth.
Around the age of ten, he found two copies of the "Biography of the Immortals" written by Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty at home. I didn't dare to read it plainly, so I had to put the book on my lap and peek at it. Above the desk, there was still a copy of the Analects, as a cover.com. Gai was afraid that his father would know that I read the Book of Heresy and would scold him.
At the age of thirteen, he sneaked into the street to learn the Tatsushu Rune (辰州符 is also known as the "Spirit Rune", "Divine Rune", and "Peach Rune". Because "Fu" was first created by the wizards in the Chenzhou area, it was named "Chenzhou Fu". ), came home and was beaten.
At the age of fourteen, he bought a copy of the Ten Thousand Laws of Return (general spells or spells are included in the Ten Thousand Laws of Return, the source is generally the previous generation of cultivators, according to their own access to the rune text, with their own understanding of the universe, in order to make the later scholars have a basis for the drawing of the runes. This kind of rune diagram generally has a law to follow, beginners can understand after teaching, they belong to the middle, the lower spell, most of the "Ten Thousand Laws Return" recorded in this kind of rune diagram, so "Ten Thousand Laws Return" is the most representative book in the spell book. It was searched by the family and burned in the fire.
I wasn't free until I was sixteen years old, and they didn't bother to interfere with me anymore. However, things like the Thunder Splitting Jujube Wood Seal, the Camphor Willow God, and the Peach Wood Sword still dare not be exhibited publicly. Since childhood, his physique was thin, coupled with diligent study, he had just suffered from waterlogging disease in his youth, and there was no medical treatment at that time, and the doctors tied their hands. Unwilling to die, determined to seek his own right to save his dying life, he dropped out of Confucianism and studied Chinese medicine from his uncle. After taking the drug experiment, the effect of ancient medicine on tuberculosis cannot be tested.
Because his uncle was both practicing Chinese medicine and doing good deeds, he gradually developed an interest in the cultivation method of the ancient immortal family, and began to read Taoist books and study the Moon Method. After personal experiments, the body recovered, believing that the immortal health care method was a method that had a miraculous effect on the trilling of the disease, so he began to study immortality from the aspects of medicine and philosophy.
Since he was 10 years old, he watched Ge Hong's "Biography of the Immortals", that is, the idea of learning immortals.
At the age of 13, he had his father's manuscripts of Sanfeng Zhenren's "Xuanjiao" and Bai Ziqing's "True Recipes of The Earth Yuan", which were read with relish, and were the first time in his life that he was able to see the two kinds of immortal books of RenYuan and Diyuan.
At the age of 16, he had to collect the ancient books "Sam Tong Qi" and "Enlightenment" from his uncle's ancestral family.
At the age of 19, he had to give up his relatives Qiao Jun's family collection of the original "Immortal Buddha Hezong" and "Heavenly Immortal Righteousness", and Fang knew that the cultivation method of the monks was very different from that of his family.
The 20-year-old fellow villager Ding Junjia collected the first large-character version of the Golden Immortal Testimony and the Hui Ming Jing, and the Fang Zhi monk also learned immortal magic.
Although there are many manuscripts of The Tao in the family, they can only peek at them, and dare not openly read them. If he knows, he will rebuke him. His ancestors were proficient in immortal studies as famous doctors, so his family's collection of medical calligraphy and Taoist books were all rare books, serving them when they had time, and they were willing to practice the scriptures for benefit. Yi Yi said: "Medicine is allowed to learn, immortals are not allowed to learn; books can be passed on, but tips cannot be passed on." "I had no choice but to give up." The only books of the Dan Sutra that Ninh Binh Sangh Have received from their families. Although there are several oral masters, they have nothing to do with the family, that is, the closest relatives do not know the name of our teacher, so they are not enough outsiders. ”
At the age of 25, he entered the Anhui Higher School of Political Science and Law, but due to his diligent study and failure to complete his studies, he had to drop out of school and leave school. There is only one way to self-feeling, that is, to visit famous teachers and deeply practice the art of immortal health.
Since the age of 28, he has visited The Yuexia Master of Jiuhua Mountain, the Master of Ningbo Zhenxian, the Eight-Fingered Tou Tuo of Tiantong Mountain, and the Monk of Changzhou Yekai, and felt that the Buddhist cultivation method is more focused and ignores the body, which may not be able to achieve the effect of long life of The Fa Disease. The footprints turned to the famous Taoist mountain resorts, and I visited Suzhou Qionglong Mountain, Jurong Mao Mountain, Junzhou Wudang Mountain, Qingdao Laoshan Mountain, Huaiyuan TuShan Mountain, Huzhou Jingai Mountain, and met a stranger in Huangshan Mountain, whose "Immortal Learning Must Be Successful" said: I personally met each other in The Thirty-three Years of Guangxu, in Huaiyuan County, Anhui Province, and I was allowed to conduct field experiments to prove that the Immortals' theories are not false, and correct all kinds of errors in the Taoist books, and then we made up our minds to abandon our family, ignore fame and fortune, spend forty years of time, read thousands of secret books, and devote myself to this matter.
In 1939, he founded the Xianxue Monthly Newspaper. It reclassified the Bibliography of the Dao collection, abolished all the old titles of the seven twelve categories, and divided the original 1500 books of Daozang into 14 categories, including Taoism, Daotong, Daogong, Daoshu, Daoji, Daoyu, Daoshi, Daoji, Taoism, Daojing, Daocheng, Daofa, Daoyi, and Daozong. His works are quite rich, involving dan dao, historical theory, etc., a total of "Huang Ting Jing Lecture Notes", "Introduction to Catechism", "Jing Gong General Theory", "Lao Tzu Chapter 50 Study", "Jing Gong Healing Method", "Immortals and the Similarities and Differences between the Three Religions" and nearly 30 kinds, Mr. Xian died in 1969.
Xiaobian believes that the path of seeking immortals is not only to attain the Tao and ascend to immortality, but to sublimate the body and liberate the spiritual world. As the "spirit of all things", we should intuitively face whether the cultivation immortals really exist.