Qiu Chuji was born in Qixia, Dengzhou, Shandong Province on the 19th day of the first lunar month in 148. I lost my parents since I was a child and experienced all the hardships in the world. I have longed to be a "fairy" since I was a child. When I was a teenager, I lived in Gongshan in the north of the village and lived a life of "wearing pine flowers, eating pine nuts, tasting pine streams, drinking the bright moon and blowing the breeze". Legend has it that in order to temper his will, he threw copper coins from the cliff into the bushes again and again until he found them. In nineteen years, he became a monk in Kunyu Mountain, Ninghai. 167 began to study Taoism. In A.D. 168, he studied under the founders of Quanzhen Sect, Wang Zhongyang and Wang Zhongyang, and was given the name Chuji, with the same name as Tongmi, Changchun Zi.
169, Wang Zhongyang went west with four disciples. On the way, he flew to the capital of song dynasty and said, "I want to take the opportunity to study, and I want to be Danyang." Since then, under the guidance of Ma Danyang, Qiu Chuji's knowledge and morality have developed rapidly. Together with other disciples, they are called "Quanzhen Seven Sons": Danyang Jade, Changzhenzi, Changsheng Chu Xuan, Changzhenzi Qiu Chuji, Yuyang Chuyi, Guangningzi and Qingjingsan. Quanqizi and Wang Zhongyang promoted Quanzhen Taoism together, and Qiu Chuji went to Panxi Cave for six years after becoming immortal in Wang Zhongyang. He wears a bamboo hat and is called "Mr. Bamboo Hat". After that, he lived in seclusion in Longmen Mountain in Raozhou for seven years and became one of the founders of Quanzhen Dragon School. 103, Liu Chuxuan died, and Qiu Chuji was appointed as the fifth Taoist priest of Quanzhen Road. Qiu Chuji has been teaching for twenty-four years, during which he actively exerted his political and social influence, so that Quanzhen religion and even Taoism as a whole entered a prosperous period. 2/kloc-In May of 0/9, Genghis Khan sent Liu Zhonglu and others to Shandong and invited Qiu Chuji to meet with the Mongolian Empire. In December, Liu Zhonglu arrived at Haotian Temple in Laizhou, Shandong Province, and was ordered to invite Qiu Chuji to meet Genghis Khan in the Mongolian Empire. Qiu Chuji said: "I follow heaven, and angels do everything." Agree to go happily.
In the first month of 120, Qiu Chuji left Haotian Temple with Zhao Daojian, Song et al. 18 disciples and headed west. At this time, he was 73 years old. A few months later, I went to Yanjing, which was ruled by Mongolia. Qiu Chuji and his party settled in Seo Woo Temple and were warmly received by local officials. At this time, Qiu Chuji heard that Genghis Khan had set out on an expedition to Central Asia in June of 12 19, exhausted and with a sandstorm. He wanted to invite Genghis Khan to meet in Yanjing, so he wrote a letter to Chen Qingbiao. The person who reported to Genghis Khan was Liu Zhonglu. Genghis Khan was too busy fighting in the Western Expedition to go east to Yanjing, so he wrote a reply and sent a reply to Qiu Chuji.
Knowing that it is impossible for Qiu Chuji to join hands with Yanjing will help us to continue westward in the spring of 122 1. When Liu Zhonglu wanted to choose a virgin for Genghis Khan, Qiu Chuji immediately dissuaded him. He said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to weaken the strength of Lu, 80 beautiful women were sent to Lu. Ding Gong and the whole country are in a state of excitement, while the government is declining. Confucius accused Ding Gong of indulging in debauchery and debauchery. Why is it so powerful? " Genghis Khan knew and chose it. 12 1 April, left Juyongguan, passed through Monan and Central Asia, arrived at Tiemuguo Jinchi in Mobei grassland, and then arrived at Weiss.
122 April, Qiu Chuji arrived at Baluwan Palace in the "Big Snow Mountain" via tiemenguan to meet Genghis Khan, realizing the meeting between dragon and horse. Genghis Khan called him a "fairy". In autumn and winter of the same year, Genghis Khan summoned Qiu Chuji three times to ask about the method of governing the country and keeping in good health. Qiu Chuji responded by "respecting heaven and loving the people", reducing the slaughter and keeping a pure heart. Later, Genghis Khan ordered Lu Yechu to compile these dialogues into a Record of Feng Xuan Celebrations.
Qiu Chuji was invited to visit Genghis Khan in Central Asia to talk about it. This is an epoch-making event in the history of religion, and it is also an important measure for Qiu Chuji to realize his ideals and display his talents. Very profound. Prior to this, Qiu Chuji saw the decline of the Jin Dynasty, so he lived in seclusion in his hometown Qixia to preach and teach, and declined the invitation of the rulers of the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty to ask him for assistance. However, he resolutely accepted the invitation of Genghis Khan, traveled tens of thousands of miles west to the Snow Mountain, and camped there, where he met the Mongolian Khan, which fully demonstrated the political foresight of the Taoist priest.
In the camp of Genghis Khan's Western Expedition, Qiu Chuji spent several months with Genghis Khan and had many disputes with them. For details, please refer to Lu Yechu's book Xuanqingfeng Meeting Record. According to the records in this book, Qiu Chuji's influence on Genghis Khan is mainly reflected in the following two aspects: First, the propaganda of "eliminating violence and stopping killing" reduced the cruel killing policy of Mongolian rulers to the people in the conquered areas to some extent. In view of Genghis Khan's desire for immortality, Qiu Chuji asked him to combine the pursuit of "immortality" with doing good deeds, and advised Genghis Khan to keep in good health on the basis of "nourishing essence inside and Xiu De outside". The inner spirit is not to conquer everywhere, but to go to Birdie p2p to raise money and stop killing. First of all, Qiu Chuji praised Genghis Khan's willingness to fight for the destruction of Xixia and Jin, which catered to Khan's psychology, and then advised him to ban brutal killings, so that his career finally succeeded.
Genghis Khan's policy of ruling the Central Plains in his later period was somewhat moderate. Muqali, a Shandong official, and his successors adopted the method of recruiting people from all over the world. Although promoted by many factors, Qiu Chuji's exposition of Taoism on the snowy mountains undoubtedly had an important influence. Since then, Qiu Chuji has been urging Meng Yuan to reduce the slaughter of the people. The second is to publicize the idea of helping the world and the people, which has made contributions to restoring and developing the social economy of the Central Plains, helping the poor and stabilizing social order. All along, Qiu Chuji has been looking forward to a good emperor, so that people can live and work in peace and contentment. In Genghis Khan's camp, Qiu Chuji repeatedly instilled in him the truth of loving the people. Thanks to Qiu Chuji's persuasive preaching, Genghis Khan's thoughts were greatly touched. He said, "Immortals are words, just what I want." He also called on the prince and other Mongolian nobles to do as Qiu Chuji said, and sent people to spread the idea of benevolence and filial piety all over the country. Qiu Chuji not only preached the idea of helping the people, but also practiced it. In the Mongolian-controlled arid city of Ye Mi, he helped the hungry people with food sent by Mongolian nobles. He used the imperial palace to spread the official calendar, appeased a large number of homeless people who had no livelihood, made them join Quanzhen Sect, and exempted them from exorbitant taxes.
127, Qiu Chuji died in the Baoxuan Hall of Changchun Palace at the age of 80. Ruixiang visited Beijing for three days, and the world was amazed. In Yuan Shizu's time, he was called "the real Bishop of Changchun". People all over the world named the 19th day of the first month "Yan Jiu Festival" to commemorate the infinite merits of "Qiu Shenxian" and celebrate it every year. This is one of the famous customs in Beijing and Tianjin.