Wang Chongyang (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 - 22 January 1170) was a Song Dynasty Taoist and one of the founders of the Quanzhen School in the twelfth century. He was one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen. He is also featured in works of Wuxia fiction. Wang Chongyang was born with his birth name as "Zhongfu" in a wealthy family in 1113. He was educated in Chinese classics and martial arts. Wang intended to start a rebellion against the Jin Dynasty, which ruled northern China then. According to tradition, in the summer of 1159 when he was 48, he met two Taoist immortals in a tavern, Zhongli Quan and Lu Dongbin. They trained him in secret forms of Taoism. He changed his name to "Zhe" and adopted the Taoist name "Chongyang."