Quanzhen

Daoist sect

Also known as: Ch’üan-chen, Perfect Realization

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In Taoism: Internal developments
…Liu Deren (1142); and the Quanzhen (“Perfect Realization”) sect, founded in 1163 by Wang Chongyang (Wang Zhe). This last sect came to the favorable attention of the Mongols, who had taken over in the North, and its second patriarch, Qiu Changqun, was invited into Central Asia to preach to Genghis…
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In Wang Che
…was the founder of the Ch’üan-chen (Perfect Realization) sect of Taoism, in 1163. After receiving secret teachings, Wang established a monastery in Shantung to propagate the Way of Perfect Realization as a synthesis of Confucianism, Taoism, and Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism. Wang’s new sect flourished with the imperial patronage.
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