Fu Qingzhu was not from the Daoguang period, but a famous scholar in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. His original name was Fu Shan, and Qingzhu was his given name.
Fu Shan (1607-1684) was a Taoist thinker, calligrapher and medical scientist during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He was originally named Dingchen, with the courtesy name Qingzhu, and later changed to Qingzhu. He also had other names such as Zhuoweng and Guanhua. He was Han nationality and a native of Taiyuan, Shanxi. Fu Shan calls himself a disciple of Lao and Zhuang. He himself has repeatedly emphasized and stated in many occasions and works: "I am a disciple of Lao and Zhuang", "I am a disciple of Lao and Zhuang", "my teacher is Mr. Zhuang", "I am a disciple of Lao and Zhuang". "Qiyuan Family Learning". Consciously inherit the thought and culture of Taoism. He believed in Lao and Zhuang's "Tao follows nature". Propositions such as "governing by doing nothing", "there is nothingness in the beginning", "hidden but not hidden" have all been carefully studied and elaborated, and the traditional Taoist thoughts have been developed.
I once served as a living being in the Ming Dynasty and lived in seclusion in an earthen house to raise my mother. During Kangxi's reign, he was promoted to Hongbo, but he had to resign repeatedly. When he arrived in Beijing, he claimed that he was old and sick and returned without trying. The classic wisdom of "Zhuangzi" became the ideological resource that Fu Shan drew from, surpassing the ancient wisdom. Fu Shan said to himself: "In the winter of Guisi, I moved from Fenzhou to Tutang. My only luggage was the Nanhua Sutra, which was always in my eyes." ", "Foreign Objects", "Zeyang" and other chapters. And often consider themselves to be followers of Lao and Zhuang.
Gu Yanwu admired his integrity. He was knowledgeable in everything, besides classics and history, he was also familiar with the pre-Qin scholars, and he was also good at calligraphy, painting and medicine. He is the author of "Shuanghong Niji Collection" and so on. In some martial arts novels, Fu Shan is described as a martial arts master. He is a famous Taoist scholar, knowledgeable in philosophy, medicine, inner alchemy, Confucianism, Buddhism, poetry, calligraphy, painting, epigraphy, martial arts, textual research, etc. He is considered a model figure who maintained national integrity in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Fu Qingzhu, together with Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, Li Yong and Yan Yuan, was called the "Six Masters of the Early Qing Dynasty" by Liang Qichao. He is the author of "Fu Qingzhu Women's Medicine", "Fu Qingzhu Men's Medicine" and other works handed down from generation to generation. He was known as the "Medical Saint" at that time.