Zhang Sanfeng (date of birth and death unknown), Taoist priest of Wudang Mountain, named Tong, also known as Peng Jun, Quanyi, Silian, Xuansu, Xuanhua, Sanqian, Sanfeng, also known as Junshi and Xuanyi , Taxian, Jubao, Kunyang, Lacha, Yuanyuan, Xuanxuan, Fuyuan, their names are Sanqi, Sanfengzi, Xuanxuanzi, and they are known as "Yinxian" in the world.
Because of his unkempt appearance, he is also called "Zhang Sloppy" and claims to be a descendant of Zhang Daoling; one is said to be from Baoji, Shaanxi, and the other is said to be from Yizhou, Liaodong (now southwest of Zhangwu County, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province or Tajikistan, Mongolian Autonomous County) Yingzi Township), a native of Wangping County, Yizhou, Liaodong (now Jiangtun Town, Heishan County, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province), his ancestral home is Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi Province, a Taoist scholar, thinker, calligrapher, and martial artist.
In the first year of Zhongtong (1260), the first year of Emperor Zhongtong of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng was promoted to the Boling Order of Zhongshan with outstanding talents and outstanding talents. He was tall and tall, with big ears and round eyes, and a beard like a halberd. He died and came back to life when he lived in Baoji Jintai Temple. Taoists called him "The Traveling God of the Yang".
In the Ming Dynasty, he claimed to be the "Yuan Lao Yi", disappearing and reappearing, and his whereabouts were unpredictable. The emperors of the past dynasties conferred titles on him such as "the Immortal of Loyalty and Filial Piety", "the Immortal of the Sixth Patriarch of Yulong, the Immortal Abode of Immortality in Xuwei and Pudu Tianzun", "The Immortal of Tongwei Manifestation", "The Immortal of Taoguang Shangzhi", "The Immortal of Qingxu Yuanmiao", "The flying dragon manifests Hongren and saves the world, the true king" and so on.
Main works:
Zhang Sanfeng wrote a lot of works, such as "Xuanji Zhizhi", "Meditation Song", "Xuan Yao Pian", and "The Rootless Tree", which were successively published by the Qing Dynasty Wang Xiling and Li Hanxu compiled it into a collection, which is the popular "The Complete Works of Mr. Zhang Sanfeng". Many of these chapters are highly praised by later generations of Taoists, but Zhang Sanfeng's masterpiece should be called the twenty-four poems of "The Rootless Tree".
For thousands of years, Taoist theory has been esoteric and its writing has been obscure and has not been widely accepted by society, thus hindering the in-depth spread of Taoism. Zhang Sanfeng used the genre of lyrics and popular writing to turn the esoteric theory of cultivation into a popular one. The lyrics of "Tree Without Roots". This rootless tree contains 24 poems, including Zhang Sanfeng's Yinxian sect's theory of cultivation and the successive steps of cultivation.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Sanfeng