Qiu Chuji

Qiu Chuji
Qiu Chuji
	Qiu Chuji as depicted in by Guo Xu, 1503 (Shanghai Museum)
Traditional Chinese	丘處機
Simplified Chinese	丘处机
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qiū Chǔjī
Wade–Giles	Ch‘iu Ch‘u-chi
Master Changchun
Traditional Chinese	長春子
Simplified Chinese	长春子
Literal meaning	Master of the Eternal Spring
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chángchūnzi
Wade–Giles	Ch‘ang-ch‘un-tzu

Qiu Chuji (10 February 1148– 21 August 1227), courtesy name Tongmi (通密), also known by his Taoist name Master Changchun,^[1]^[2] was a renowned Taoist master from late Southern Song/Jin dynasty and a famous disciple of Wang Chongyang, the founder of Quanzhen School. He is known for being invited by Genghis Khan to a personal meeting near the Hindu Kush, who also respected and honored him as an Immortal.

Qiu was one of the Seven True Daoists of the North.^[3]^[4] He was the founder of the Dragon Gate sect of Taoism attracting a following in the streams of traditions flowing from the sects of the disciples.

^ Li Chih-Ch'ang (16 April 2013). 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. Read Books Limited. ISBN 978-1-4465-4763-2.
^ E. Bretschneider (15 October 2013). Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources: Fragments Towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century. Routledge. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-136-38021-1.
^ De Hartog, Leo (1989). Genghis Khan - Conqueror of the World. Great Britain, Padstow, Cornwall: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. pp. 124–127. ISBN 978-1-86064-972-1. Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
^ "Quanzhen Tradition". British Taoist Association. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29.

[Chih-Ch'ang2013-1] Li Chih-Ch'ang (16 April 2013). 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. Read Books Limited. ISBN 978-1-4465-4763-2.

[Bretschneider2013-2] E. Bretschneider (15 October 2013). Mediaeval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources: Fragments Towards the Knowledge of the Geography and History of Central and Western Asia from the 13th to the 17th Century. Routledge. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-1-136-38021-1.

[chinggis-3] De Hartog, Leo (1989). Genghis Khan - Conqueror of the World. Great Britain, Padstow, Cornwall: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. pp. 124–127. ISBN 978-1-86064-972-1. Archived from the original on 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2019-12-18.

[qtbta-4] "Quanzhen Tradition". British Taoist Association. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29.

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