Quanzhen School

When the Mongols invaded China the Quanzhen Taoists exerted great effort in keeping the peace, thus saving most Han Chinese lives.

Qiu Chuji, a major disciple of Wang, founded the Dragon Gate lineage (龍門派 Lóngmén pài), along with the White Cloud Monastery in Beijing.

Quanzhen focuses on internal cultivation of the person which is consistent with the pervading Taoist desire for attaining Wu Wei, which is essentially unconscious action.

Like most Taoists, Quanzhen priests were particularly concerned with longevity and immortality through alchemy, harmonising oneself with the Tao, studying the Five Elements, and ideas on balance consistent with Yin and Yang theory.

[6] The new Quanzhen school was highly popular in Jin-ruled Northern China as a reaction against the privileged place of Jurchens in the civil service examinations.

The immortals, Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin taught him Taoist beliefs and trained him in secret rituals.

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.

Qiu was on good terms with the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan who put him in charge of religious affairs similar to Mongol-controlled Iran.

Wang Chongyang and his seven disciples, depicted in Changchun Temple, Wuhan city
Taoist Priests in Beijing's White Cloud Temple (Qing Dynasty), a major temple of the Quanzhen tradition.
The "Diagram of Internal Pathways", an inner alchemy ( neidan ) diagram from an engraved stele at White Cloud Temple
Longmen school priest