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the Abbey of the Original Tally (Yuanfu guan JEf-fWl). Mount Mao itself was
declared the Ancestral Altar of Scriptures and Registers (jinglu zongtan ~~ ~
*:IH), and together with Mount Longhu (*Longhu shan,jiangxi) and Mount
Gezao (*Gezao shan,jiangxi) became one of the so-called Three Tripod Peaks
(sanshan dingzhi ~ ill Il rIJif). Song Huizong (r. nOQ-n2S), who is said to have
obtained male progeny thanks to a method taught by Liu, likewise had high
respect for him and summoned him many times to the capital. The two men
exchanged more than seventy letters and poems and presented each other
with hand-written copies of the *Duren jing (Scripture on Salvation). In no8,
Liu's body grew increasingly weak due to old age; he left the mountain on
imperial invitation but died after his arrival in the capital.
Besides being an expert in rituals and healing methods, Liu Hunkang's main
contribution to Taoism was exalting the role of Mount Mao as Ancestral Altar
of Scriptures and Registers. At the same time he exerted remarkable influence
on the spread of Taoism in Song-dynasty jiangnan and the development of
Taoist rites, particularly on the formation of the *liandu (Salvation through
Refinement) rituals.
CHEN Yaoting

m Qing Xitai 1994, I: 312- 13
* Shangqing

Liu Yiming

1734-1821; haD: Wuyuan zi 't-B-5t T (Master of the Awakening to the
Origin), Supu sanren ~~1&A (Vagabond in Simplicity)

The *neidan master Liu Yuning, a native of Quwo as ffi. (Shanxi), was the elev-
enth-generation patriarch of the *Longmen lineage. Information about him is
scattered throughout his works, commentaries, poems, and prefaces, but Liu
gives a fairly detailed account of his life in the Huixin ji ~ )IA:I~ (Anthology
of Gathering [the Dao] in the Heart; 18n). He studied the Confucian classics
in his youth but also developed an interest in Taoism at the age of thirteen.
At the age of eventeen, he was seized by a serious illness; while the usual
remedies proved ineffective, a Perfected (*zhenren) healed him. Two years
later, he began his quest for the Dao, leading the life of an itinerant seeker for
thirteen years in Beijing, Henan, and Shanxi.