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The meaning of Quanzhen can be translated literally to "All True" and for this reason, it is often called the "All True Religion" or the "Way of Completeness and Truth." In some texts, it is also referred to as the "Way of Complete Perfection." With its strong basis on Taoism, the Quanzhen School specializes in the process of "alchemy within the body", or what is referred to as Qigong. Qi refers to the energy of the body that keeps it alive while gong means work or technique. Qigong as a branch of martial arts focuses on the internal rather than on the external. Therefore, Quanzhen is more on the internal cultivation of the person which is consistent with the pervading Tao belief of wu wei or the Wu wei|Art of Wu Wei, which is essentially "action through inaction." 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 yang|Yin-Yang balance. According to traditional legend, Wang Chongyang (born Wang Zhongfu) met two Taoist immortals in the summer of 1159 C.E. The immortals, Zhongli Quan and Lu Dongbin taught him Taoist beliefs and trained him in secret rituals. The meeting proved proverbial for roughly a year later, in 1160 C.E., Wang met one of these men again. In this second encounter, he was provided with a set of five written instructions which led to his decision of living by himself in a grave he created for himself in Zhongnan Mountain for three years. After seven years of living in the Mountain (three inside the grave and another four in a hut he later called "Complete Perfection Hut"), Wang met two of his eventually seven disciples, Tang Chudauan and Qiu Chuji. In 1167 C.E., Wang traveled to Shandong|Shandong Province and met Ma Yu and wife Sun Bu'er who became his disciples and became part of the seven Quanzhen disciples, who were later known as the Seven Masters of Quanzhen. After Wang's demise, it was left to his disciples to continue preaching the Quanzhen beliefs. Ma Yu succeeded Wang as head of Quanzhen Sect while Sun Bu'er went on to establish the Purity and Tranquility Sect, one of the foremost branches of Quanzhen. Another notable disciple of Wang was Qiu Chuji who founded the famous White Cloud Monastery in Beijing. Qiu was on good terms with the Mongol Genghis Khan who put him in charge of all religions in China. As a result, the Quanzhen School of Taoism continued to flourish long after Wang's death and even up to the present. According to Jin Yong's wuxia novels, particularly The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes, Quanzhen (全真教) was the Taoist martial arts school founded by Wang Chongyang after losing a duel to Lin Chaoying. How It Was Founded Wang, as portrayed by jinyong|Jin Yong, was a patriot of Song Dynasty|Song, China and helped the people to fight against the invading Jurchens. Wang failed in this attempt and as a result, he spent several years meditating in an ancient tomb in Zhongnan Mountain. Later, Lin Chaoying, Wang's rival in terms of martial arts, came to issue a bet, saying that if she won their match, he would have to give up the tomb to her or either become a Taoist priest or a Buddhist monk. Lin won the match (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chongyang#The_Duel Wang Chongyang article for explanation) and thereupon, Wang chose to become a Taoist and created a hut near the tomb, which later became the Chongyang Palace Shrine. Support of the People Apart from the story of how Wang founded the Quanzhen School, Jin Yong did not deviate much from traditional legend or actual facts. Like in the real Quanzhen School, the Orthodox Religion of All True (Quanzhen), as mentioned in the books, has its main principles based primarily on Taoist studies and secondarily on martial arts. In a short period of several decades Quanzhen gained a lot of support from both the world of martial arts (Jiang Hu) and the common people. 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. In Jing Yong's book, The Return of the Condor Heroes, Wang Chongyang was eventually succeeded by his martial arts brother, Zhou Botong as opposed to Ma Yu, who according to historical records was the real successor. Orthodox Kung Fu Jin Yong's books described the Quanzhen School as one of the foremost kung fu sects in Jiang Hu. In terms of greatness, it rivalled the Beggar Sect, which was another patriotic martial arts school who fought against the invading Mongolian horde. But while Beggar Sect members employed clever, unorthodox ingenuity to win their matches, Quanzhen's martial arts was strongly orthodox. Its popular techniques include:
The Quanzhen School featured heavily in three of Jin Yong's most popular wuxia works, known as the Condor Trilogy. First was The Legend of the Condor Heroes where the main character Guo Jing was trained in internal cultivation of strength by Ma Yu. The antagonist, Yang Kang was also a student of Qiu Chuji who had a bet with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan (Guo Jing's teachers) that their two disciples should meet sixteen years after and duel. In the sequel, The Return of the Condor Heroes, Yang Kang's son, Yang Guo was brought to Zhongnan Mountain by Guo Jing to train under the Quanzhen taoists. However, the rebellious Yang Guo was not suited for the orthodox ways of Quanzhen and later went to train under Xiaolongnu|Xiao Long Nuu instead, who was the grand-disciple of Lin Chaoying. In this book, the animosity between the two schools (that of Wang Chongyang and Gumu Bai Sect of Lin Chaoying) was symbolically fixed with the union of the young couple. Chapter one of The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber, the last of the trilogy, mentioned Quanzhen School in passing. The book was set hundreds of years after the two novels. Category:Taoism ja:????????? zh:????????? This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Quanzhen School".
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