Sun Bu'er

She eventually left her home and traveled to the city of Luoyang where after twelve years of practice, at Fengxiangu cave, she attained the Tao and, it is said, became an immortal.

Sun was a teacher with several disciples, and founded the Purity and Tranquility School (Qingjing Lineage), and wrote many poems.

She became a Taoist nun of Complete Perfection Order and a resident of the Golden Lotus Hall, where she received the title, "Serene one of clarity and Tranquility".

She began following the Zhouyi cantong qi (Tally to the book of changes), which gave her instruction to practice her reversed breathing.

She unblocked the orifices in her body, and refined the Qi (energy flow) in her three cinnabar fields (located between the eyebrows in the head, the heart and abdomen).

[7] Sun Bu'er is most known for her journey from Shang Dong to Luoyang, where she intentionally made herself ugly by splashing boiling oil on her face to destroy her beauty.

Sun Bu'er knew her physical attractiveness made her a target for men and could hinder her chances of completing her journey.

The poems describe the cosmic connection of an individual's qi (energy flow) and the tendency of humans to fall into sensory complications.

The poems outline the path to wholeness and how to achieve the "Tao" through meditation, breathing exercises, the reversion of qi, and ending menstruation.

[10] Sun Bu'er's poems reflect certain aspects of Taoist spirituality: that the cyclical changes in the human body and cycles of the seasons of the natural world are related.

Before she died, she groomed herself, put on clean clothes, presented herself to her disciples, and recited a poem, therefore she was able to control her body and life.

[13] Sun Bu'er realized her original destiny by returning to the realm of immortals, reaffirming her role as a part of the eternal Dao.