Wang Chongyang (1112-1170) was a Taoist priest in the Jin Dynasty. The founder of Quanzhen Taoism. Original name: Zhongfu, courtesy name: Yunqing. Later, he changed his name to Shixiong and his courtesy name was Dewei. After entering the Dao, he changed his name to 嚞, his courtesy name was Zhiming, and his pseudonym was Chongyangzi. He called himself Wang SAN (ranked third) or Wang Hai Feng. Their ancestral home is in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province. They have been a prominent local family for generations and later resided in Liujiang Village, Zhongnan County. Since childhood, he has been fond of reading, quick-witted and skilled in horseback riding and archery. In the year of Qi Fuchang (1130-1137), he passed the examination of the Ministry of Rites but failed. In the early years of Emperor Tianjuan of the Jin Dynasty (1138-1140), he passed the military examination and was admitted to the first grade. He was filled with the aspiration to govern the country. Later, having served as a minor wine collector for a long time, he resigned in anger and secluded himself in the mountains and forests. In the fourth year of Jinzhenglong (1159), he left his home and traveled abroad. In Ganhe Town, he met a strange person who taught him the true art of cultivation. Thus, he achieved enlightenment and became a monk. He built a tomb in Nan Shi Village and lived in it for more than two years, calling it the "Tomb of the Living Dead". In the seventh year of the Dading era of the Jin Dynasty (1167), he left Shaanxi and went to Shandong to preach and guide people. He successively took Ma Danyang, Tan Chuduan, Liu Chuxuan, Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong and Sun Bu 'er as his disciples and established the Three Teachings and Seven Treasures Society, the Golden Lotus Society, the Three Guang Society and the Jade Flower Society in Wendeng, Ninghai, Fushan, Dengzhou (now Penglai) and Laizhou (now Yexian). Because Wang Chongyang named his nunnery "Quanzhen Hall" in Ninghai, Shandong Province, all those who entered the Taoist path were called Quanzhen Taoists. In the ninth year of the Dading era of the Jin Dynasty (1169), he returned westward with his disciples Ma, Tan, Liu and Qiu. The following January, he passed away in Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan Province). He was buried in his former residence in Liu Jiang Village, Zhongnan (now Zu 'an Town, Huxian County, Shaanxi Province), and later the Quanzhen Taoist revered this place as their ancestral temple. In the sixth year of the Zhiyuan era of the Yuan Dynasty (1209), he was conferred the title of "Chongyang Quanzhen Kaihua Zhenjun". In the third year of the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Yuan Dynasty (1310), he was conferred the title of "Emperor of the Chongyang Quanzhen Kaihua Fuji". Quanzhen Taoism regards it as one of the "Five Patriarchs of the North". He integrated the thoughts of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, advocating the equal unity of the three religions. He regarded the Tao Te Ching, the Heart Sutra of Prajna and the Classic of Filial Piety as the compulsory classics for disciples of the Quanzhen Taoist School. He believed that cultivating the mind and eliminating desires is the foundation of spiritual cultivation. He advocated that one should cultivate one's nature first and then one's life. Those who cultivate the path must cut off alcohol, women, wealth, greed, love, and worries. In this way, even if the body is in the mundane world, the mind has already entered the sacred realm. His works include "The Complete True Works of Chongyang", "The Collected Works of Chongyang Education", "Fifteen Treatises on the Establishment of Religion in Chongyang", etc., all of which are now preserved in the "Zhengtong Daozang".