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(Palace in Homage to Heaven) within the imperial compound of Nanjing
(Jiangsu). The emperor also sent Liu on pilgrimages to Mount Wudang
(*Wudang shan, Hubei) and other sacred sites. At one point Liu reportedly
conveyed instruction to the forty-third Celestial Master *Zhang Yuchu (1361-
14IO). A conflict that allegedly arose between the two may have figured in Liu's
exile from court early in the Yongle reign period (1403-24). Initially banished
to Mount Longhu (*Longhu shan, jiangxi), site of the Zhengyi patriarchy,
by the year 14II Liu had settled in the Longquan guan il'E 5R Ill. (Abbey of the
Dragon Springs) of Kunming 8':. Bjj (Yunnan).
The Hongxi Emperor (r. 1425) summoned Liu back to court and put him
in charge of all Taoist affairs of state. In 1426 the Xuande Emperor (r. 1426-35)
granted him the authority to establish three prefectural Taoist Registries in
Yunnan. Six years later, as he looked forward to living in retirement at the
Chaotian gong, Liu named his disciple *Shao Yizheng (?-I462) as a worthy
successor. That autumn he took his last breath and in the spring of 1433 was
buried atjiangning il'¥ (Jiangsu).
The Ming Taoist Canon includes the Yuanyang zifayu JJlU~-i'-1£~ (Ex-
emplary Sayings of the Master of Primary Yang; CT 1071), compiled by Liu
from his teacher Zhao's writings. Liu himself reputedly had over one hundred
disciples but none was as highly esteemed as Shao Yizheng.
Judith M. BOLTZ

m Akizuki Kan' ei 1978, 159-61; Chen Yuan 1988, 1256-57, 1260-61, and 1305-6;
Oyanagi Shigeta 1934, 22

~ Zhao Yizhen; jingming dao

Liu Zhigu

before 663-after 756; zi: Guangxuan 1t-g

Liu Zhigu, who came from Linqiong ~;fn r~ (Sichuan), is the author of the Riyue
xuanshu lun B Jl -g M ii~ij (Essay on the Mysterious Pivot, the Sun and Moon),
the earliest extant essay on the *Zhouyi can tong qi. His main biography is in
the *Lishi zhenxian tidao tongjian (32.2a-3b), which expands the account given
in the *Sandong qunxian lu (LIob-IIa). According to these works, Liu, whose
great-grandfather had been Magistrate of Linqiong during the Sui dynasty,
became a *daoshi at the local Taiqing guan ::t 11f fiJl. (Abbey of Great Clarity)
in the early 660s. He was summoned by Tang Ruizong (r. 684-90, 710-12) to