Who are the ancestors of maoshan taoist?

The granddaddy of the North Maoshan School is Tao Hongjing, and the granddaddy of the South Maoshan School is the famous alchemist Ge Hong. Tao Hongjing, a native of Liling, Danyang, lives in seclusion in Huayang. A famous physician, alchemist and writer, he is called "Prime Minister in the Mountain". Ge Hong was a Taoist scholar, a famous alchemist and a medical scientist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Zi Zhichuan, Han nationality, Jurong, Danyang County, Jin Province. The grandnephew of Ge Xuan, the alchemist of the Three Kingdoms, was called Little Fairy Weng.

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Maoshan Taoism is the birthplace of Puritanism School of Taoism in China, the cradle of Maoshan School of Taoism in China, and the resident of temples built by Sanmao Zhenjun. There are many people with lofty ideals in Maoshan in history, especially in the Liu and Song Dynasties.

The predecessor of Maoshan Sect is the Shangqing Sect of Taoism. Tao Hongjing inherited the Shangqing Classic handed down by Yang and others, and carefully compiled more than 200 volumes of Taoist classics devoted to the early teachings, spells, Deng Ji, Ye Tu and other history of Puritanism, so as to carry forward the Shangqing Classic.

Yang, the founder of Shangqing School, and Ge Hong, the alchemist of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, practiced here successively. In the Southern Dynasties, Tao Hongjing, who had been idle in the imperial court for 14 years, suddenly resigned. With the approval of Emperor Wu of Qi, he went to Maoshan to live in seclusion. He lived in Huayang Cave, Jintan, and gave himself a name, Mr. Huayang Seclusion.

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