Chen Yining

Chen Yining

Chen Yining (1880-1969), originally named Yuanshan and Zhixiang, was later renamed Yining. He was born in Huaining, Anhui Province. He is the leader of modern Taoism in China, the president of the Second Council of China Taoist Association, and the advocate of modern fairy learning.

Life of the characters

Chen Yining was born in 1880. He was born in Huaining, Anhui Province and lived in sujiaxiang, Anqing. He inherited his family's learning and was familiar with Confucian classics. When I was 10 years old, I read the legend of immortals. A little longer, a scholar in the exam. Because of tuberculosis, he studied medicine from his uncle and tried to do immortal work at the same time, and gradually recovered. He was admitted to Anhui Higher School of law and politics in 1905. Two years later, his tuberculosis relapsed and he dropped out. Since 1908, in order to learn health preservation methods, he left home to seek teachers everywhere, met several real teachers, and got some Dan formula,. From 1912 to 1914, he lived in his elder sister-in-law Qiao Zhongshan's home, and went to Baiyun, Shanghai to read daocang. For comparison, he went to Huayan University of Hangzhou Haichao temple to read Buddhist scriptures. Go to Beijing and visit Gaodao. In 1916, he returned to Shanghai from Beijing and married Wu Yizhu, a Western physician. The couple set up their own clinic on Minguo road in Shanghai. From 1922 to 1932, Chen Yining and several comrades carried out hundreds of experiments on outer alchemy at home, but they were destroyed by warlords' scuffle and Japanese invasion of Shanghai. In 1933, Dr. Zhang Zhuming founded "Yangshan bimonthly" in Shanghai, with a special column of "answering readers' questions", which was written by Chen Yining. Chen Yining took advantage of this position, vigorously advocated "the study of immortals" and United many people who were good at Taoism, making it the National Center for the study of immortals at that time. In August 1937, the Japanese invaders attacked Shanghai, and Yangshan bimonthly was forced to stop. In 1939, Doctor Zhang Zhuming founded Xiandao monthly, and Chen Yining was still one of the main writers. In the summer of 1941, the magazine was closed because of the dangerous situation in Shanghai. After that, Chen Yining still insisted on the study of immortality and taught his disciples.

In 1953, the Zhejiang provincial government hired Chen Yining as a librarian of the provincial literature and History Research Institute. In the autumn of 1956, Taoists advocated the establishment of the Chinese Taoist Association, and Chen Yining was invited as the preparatory committee member. In April 1957, the Chinese Taoist Association was officially established and elected as the first vice president and secretary general. In 1961, he was elected president of the Second Council of the Chinese Taoist Association and member of the second and third national committees of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. During the cultural revolution, the Chinese Taoist Association was forced to stop working, and Chen Yining was hospitalized in Beijing hospital.

On May 25, 1969, Chen Yining died of illness at the age of 89.

Character achievement

The advocator of modern "fairy study"

Mr. Wang is determined to learn from immortals, study and practice Dan Dao Kung Fu. Since 1916, while practicing traditional Chinese medicine, he has continued to study the cultivation method of immortals and engaged in writing. At that time, both the medical and Taoist circles in Shanghai knew that he was proficient in the Taoist moon method and asked him for advice. Since 1933, he has been advocating and promoting the health preserving method of immortals in Yangshan bimonthly. He is always lazy about this unique journal of immortals. He is never reserved for his own self-cultivation methods and experiences, and never conservative to his friends and students. There are a lot of good people who often ask for advice from their teachers, and they all give serious answers. Moreover, their answers to many people's concerns are published in Yangshan bimonthly for readers to know. This move broke the old and bad habits of Taoism, which had always been secretive to the cultivation of immortals. Yangshan bimonthly has 99 issues. In 1939, he began to publish articles in Xianxue monthly, continuing the purpose of Yangshan semimonthly. After 1957, he devoted his major energy to reading and writing, and devoted himself to studying and cultivating students.

The leaders of Taoism in modern China

In the autumn of 1956, Yue chongdai, the abbot of Taiqing palace in Shenyang, proposed the establishment of China Taoist Association. Mr. Zhang was invited to be one of the preparatory members. In April 1957, the first national Taoist representative conference was held in Beijing. Although he was bedridden in Hangzhou due to gastric ulcer and could not attend the conference, he was still elected as the vice president and Secretary General of the first session of the Council because of his great influence and respect in the Taoist circle. He was 77 years old at that time. In 1957, Mr. Bai Yun came to Beijing, where he lived.

In 1958, he was recruited as a non voting member of the National Political Consultative Conference. Since 1961, he has been a member of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. In the same year, he was elected president of the second board of directors of the Chinese Taoist Association. At this time, although he was over 80 years old, he was still hale and hearty, without any sense of tiredness. He encouraged Taoists all over the country to take an active part in the socialist construction of the motherland, assisted the government in implementing the policy of freedom of religious belief, carried out academic research on Taoism, and trained successors. He made remarkable achievements in many aspects. The work of the China Taoist Association is much better than before.

At the forum of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Mr. Chen called for the research on the history and academic aspects of Taoism, which has received the attention of the party and the government. The Research Office of China Taoist Association was set up. Under the leadership of Mr. Wang, the research plan and the plan of cultivating Taoist intellectuals were formulated. He personally guided the researchers to collect, sort out, analyze and synthesize Taoist literature, historical materials of Taoism in the past dynasties, compile the outline of Chinese Taoist history, and put forward the policy of "preaching in Taoism" and studying Taoism according to its original appearance.

Main works

There are more than 30 kinds of works, such as Huang Ting Jing's lecture notes, introduction to teaching theory, general theory of Jinggong, research on chapter 50 of Laozi, Jinggong recuperation method, and similarities and differences between immortal and three religions.