Qiu Chuji

Qiu Chuji ( Chinese  丘處機  /  邱 处 机 ; born 1148 ; died 1227 , also called Changchun (长春 / 長春) or Changchun zi長春 子) was the fifth patriarch of Quanzhen Daoism and a great traveler. He was one of the "Seven Truthfuls of the North" among the disciples of Wang Chongyang . He was the founder of the Daoist Dragon Gate School ( Chinese  龍 門派  /  龙 门派 , Pinyin Longmen pai , English The Dragon Gate Sect ), a school of Quanzhen - Daoism (Quanzhen dao).

Act

Where by his pupil, the Taoist Li Zhichang ( Chinese  李志常 ) (1193-1278), written travelogue Changchun Zhenren Xiyou ji (record of the journey of the Taoist alchemists Changchun in the West), who also briefly as xiyouji (record of the journey in the West), through his journey through Central Asia to the Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan , one also learns a lot about his life.

Genghis Khan had called him to find out about the secrets of long life. The Quanzhen school owes its widespread popularity to this connection to the Mongol rulers.

Chinese literature

• Ding Qian (丁 谦): Changchun zhenren xiyou ji dili kaozheng长春 真人 西游记 地理 考证 (Zhejiang tushuguan congshu 浙江 图书馆 丛书)
• Wang Guowei (王国维): Changchun zhenren xiyou ji zhu长春 真人 西游记 注 (Haining Wang Jing'an xiansheng yishu 海宁 王静安 先生 遗书)

literature

• Igor De Rachewiltz, T. Russell: Qiu Chuji, 1145-1127. In: Papers on Far Eastern History . Volume 29, No. 3, 1984, ISSN  0048-2870 , pp. 1-26.
• Florian C. Reiter : Ch'iu Ch'u-chi, an alchemist in China in the early 13th century. New points of view for a historical evaluation . In: Journal of the German Oriental Society . Volume 139, 1989, ISSN  0341-0137 , pp. 184-207, online .
• Arthur Waley (ex.): The Travels of an Alchemist. The Journey of the Taoist Ch'ang-ch'un from China to the Hindukush at the Summons of Chingiz Khan, Recorded by His Disciple Li Chih-ch'ang. Reprinted. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1963.
• Tao-Chung Yao: Ch'iu Ch'u-chi and Chinggis Khan. In: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies . Volume 46, Number 1, 1986, ISSN  0073-0548 , pp. 201-219.

Web links

• Stories about Qiu Chuij (Chinese)
• Life stages of Qiu Chujis (Chinese)
• Daoinfo.org: Qiu Chuji (English)
• Baiyun Temple and Daoism (Qiu Changchun)