清微派为符箓三宗分衍的支派之一。形成于南宋，流传于元至明初，清初间有传承。

  The Qingwei Sect is one of the three branches of the Taoist sect. It was formed in the Southern Song Dynasty, spread from the Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, and was passed down during the early Qing Dynasty.

  清微派称该派传自元始天尊。陈采《清微仙谱》序云：“其传始于元始，二之为玉晨（大道君）与老君，又再一传，衍而为真元、太华、关令、正一之四派。十传至昭凝祖元君（名舒），又复合于一。继是八传，至混隐真人南公（名毕道）。公学极天人，仕宋为显官，遇保一真人（陈少微）授以至道。遂役鬼神，致雷雨，动天使，陟仙曹。晚见雷渊黄先生（黄舜申），奇之，悉以其书传焉。”

  The Qingwei sect claims that it was passed down from the Yuan Shi Tianzun. The preface to Chen Cai's Qingwei Xianpu reads: “Its transmission began with Yuan Shi, and the second was Yuchen (Dadaojun) and Laojun. It was passed down again, and it was divided into four sects: Zhenyuan, Taihua, Guanling, and Zhengyi. It was passed down ten times to Zhaoning Zu Yuanjun (named Shu), and then it was combined into one. Then it was passed down eight times to the hidden true man Nan Gong (named Bi Dao). He studied the ways of heaven and earth, became a high official in the Song Dynasty, and met a true immortal (Chen Shaowei) who taught him the way of the Dao. He then summoned ghosts and gods, caused thunder and rain, moved the angels, and ascended to the immortal realm. Later, he met Mr. Lei Yuan Huang (Huang Shunshen), who was very surprised and passed on his teachings.

  祖舒是该派所尊奉的祖师。元赵道一《历世真仙体道通鉴续编》卷五《祖元君传》云：“祖舒，又名遂道，字昉仲，唐广西零陵永川祈阳县人。……九月九日生。寿一百三十二岁。遍游名山，师事许真君（许逊）、郑真人（郑隐）、灵光圣母，……遇太玄夫人降于溪滨，又从而师之。乃授以元始大道。……由是会四派而一之。职位清微元上侍宸。复化身为清微察令昭化无君，又号通化一辉元君，统辖雷霆，变相不一。……功成冲举，居金阙昭凝宫，主清微洞照府。”

  Zu Shu is the founder of the Sect. In the fifth volume of Zu Yuanjun Zhuan (Biography of Zu Yuanjun) in the Zongshu Zhenxian Tidao Tongjian Xubian (Continued Compilation of the Complete Record of the True Immortals of the Past Ages) by Zhao Daoyi of the Yuan Dynasty, it is written: “Zu Shu, also known as Suidao, courtesy name Fangzhong, was born in Qiyang County, Yongchuan, Lingling, Guangxi, Tang Dynasty. ... He was born on the ninth day of the ninth month. He lived to be 132 years old. He traveled to famous mountains, studied under Xu Zhenjun (Xu Xun), Zheng Zhenren (Zheng Yin), and the Holy Mother of the Light, and... encountered the Lady of the Great Mystery, who descended to the riverside and became his teacher. He was then taught the Great Tao of the Primordial Beginning... and thus united the four Sects into one. His position was the Supreme Attendant of the Primordial Beginning.After his achievements, he lived in the Zhaoning Palace in the Golden Palace and presided over the Qingwei Dongzhao Mansion.”

  黄舜申既是清微派的组成者，又是清微法理论的集大成者。陈采《清微仙谱》序云：黄舜申“覃思著述，阐扬宗旨，而其书始大备。”张宇初《道门十规》也称：“清微自魏（华存）、祖（舒）二师而下，则有朱（洞元）、李（少微）、南（毕道）、黄（舜申）诸师，传衍犹盛。凡符章经道斋法雷法之文，率多黄师（舜申）所衍。”《正统道藏》中所存的清微道法著作，如《清微元降大法》《清微神烈秘法》《清微斋法》《清微丹法》《清微玄枢奏告仪》等，盖皆出于黄舜申及其门人之手。

  Huang Shunshen was both a founder of the Qingwei Sect and a master of the Qingwei method. Chen Cai, in the preface to the Qingwei Xianpu, said that Huang Shunshen “thought deeply and wrote extensively, expounding the principles, and his books were finally complete.” Zhang Yuchu's “Ten Rules of Taoism” also says: “Since the two masters Wei (Huacun) and Zu (Shu), there have been masters Zhu (Dongyuan), Li (Shaowei), Nan (Bidao), and Huang (Shunshen), and the transmission is still flourishing. Most of the texts of the Taoist temple, the Taoist temple, and the Thunder Law are derived from Master Huang (Shunshen).” The works of the Qingwei Daoist sect preserved in the Zhengtong Daozang, such as the Qingwei Yuanjiang Dafa, the Qingwei Shenlie Mifa, the Qingwei Zhaifa, the Qingwei Danfa, and the Qingwei Xuan Shu Zougao Yi, were all written by Huang Shunshen and his disciples.

  清微派亦以行雷法为事，其雷法理论，亦类于神霄派。仍主天人合一，内（炼）外（法）结合，而以内炼为基础。强调诚于中，方能感于天；修于内，方能发于外。

  The Qingwei Sect also practiced thunder magic, and its theory of thunder magic was similar to that of the Shenxiao Sect. It still emphasized the unity of heaven and man, the combination of internal (cultivation) and external (magic), and internal cultivation as the foundation. It emphasized that sincerity in the heart can move heaven; cultivation in the heart can manifest in the outside world.

清微派在南宋形成之后，至元代，取得很大发展，名目甚多。郑所南《太极祭炼内法序》：“正一法外，别有清微法雷，名逾数百。”元代清微派，仍以黄舜申一系所传最盛，他的弟子分为两支向南、北发展，一支以福建建宁为中心，传行于南，一支以武当山为中心，传行于北，从而使清微道法很快传播于大江南北。南传一系为黄舜申弟子西山熊道辉（号真息），道辉传安城彭汝励（或作砺），汝励传安福曾贵宽（号尘外），贵宽传浚仪赵宜真（号原阳）。因未见熊道辉、彭汝励、曾贵宽等人的传记和其他资料，唯知赵宜真活动于元末明初，故此系在元代的发展情况不详。北传一系的主要传人是黄舜申弟子张道贵，其主要特点是全真道士兼传清微法。

  After the formation of the Qingwei Sect in the Southern Song Dynasty, it developed greatly in the Yuan Dynasty, with many names. Zheng Suonan's “Preface to the Taiji Cultivation Internal Method” states: “In addition to the Zhengyi Method, there is the Qingwei Method of Thunder, which has hundreds of names.” In the Yuan Dynasty, the Qingwei sect was still most prosperous in the lineage of Huang Shunshen. His disciples were divided into two branches, one headed south and the other north. One branch was centered in Jianning, Fujian, and spread south, while the other was centered in Wudang Mountain and spread north, thus quickly spreading the Qingwei Taoist teachings throughout the north and south of the Yangtze River. The southern lineage was passed down by Huang Shunshen's disciple Xishan Xiong Daohui (also known as Zhenxi), who passed it on to Ancheng Peng Ruli (also known as Li), who passed it on to Anfu Zeng Guikuan (also known as Chenwai), who passed it on to Junyi Zhao Yizhen (also known as Yuanyang). Since we have not seen the biographies or other information on Xiong Daohui, Peng Ruli, Zeng Guikuan, etc., we only know that Zhao Yizhen was active in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, so the development of this lineage in the Yuan Dynasty is unknown. The main successor of the northern line was Zhang Daogui, a disciple of Huang Shunshen. His main characteristic was that he was a Quanzhen Taoist and also transmitted the Qingwei method.

  张道贵先为全真道士汪真常的门徒，《武当山志》载，张道贵，名云岩，号雷翁，长沙（今属湖南）人。至元（1264～1294）间入武当，礼汪真常为师。随后又“同（叶）云莱、洞阳（刘道明）谒雷渊黄真人（黄舜申）得先天之道。归五龙宫，潜行利济，门下嗣法者二百余人。行其奥旨，唯张洞渊（张永清）焉，终于自然庵。”可见张道贵是兼传全真与清微的道士。

  Zhang Daogui was first a disciple of the Quanzhen Taoist Wang Zhichang. According to the Wudang Mountain Records, Zhang Daogui, whose name was Yunyan and whose sobriquet was Leiweng, was from Changsha (now in Hunan Province). He entered Wudang during the Zhuyuan period (1264–1294) and took Wang Zhichang as his master. Later, he and his fellow disciples Yunlai and Dongyang (Liu Daoming) visited Huang Laoren (Huang Shunshen) and learned the way of the innate. He returned to the Wulong Palace, secretly helping people in need, and had more than 200 disciples. Among them, Zhang Dongyuan (Zhang Yongqing) was the only one who followed his teachings, and eventually became a Taoist priest in the Ziran Temple.

  叶云莱与刘道明也是黄舜申弟子，同样是兼传全真和清微的道士。张、叶、刘等人下传张守清，清微法由此更盛。由于张守清在当时颇有名望，所传弟子又多，故被后世清微派北系道士尊为一代祖师，《清微神烈秘法》所列“师派”，在黄舜申之后，即列：叶云莱、张道贵、张守清，张守一。

  Ye Yunlai and Liu Daoming were also disciples of Huang Shunshen, and were also Taoist priests who passed on both Quanzhen and Qingwei. Zhang, Ye, Liu and others passed on Zhang Shouqing, and the Qingwei method became even more prosperous. Since Zhang Shouqing was quite famous at the time and had many disciples, he was revered by later generations of Qingwei sect northern Taoist priests as the founder of a generation. After Huang Shunshen, the “master sects” listed in the “Secret Methods of the Qingwei Immortals” were: Ye Yunlai, Zhang Daogui, Zhang Shouqing, and Zhang Shouyi.

  张守清弟子最著者有张悌、黄明佑、彭通微、单道安等。从他们开始，清微派的传法即由元入明。张悌，字信甫，号无为子。浙江象山人。奉亲能备孝养，早从方士学。既壮，出游南粤北燕，后止武当，师张守清。守清启以道要，署为首众。三年而化。黄明佑，字太霞，潭州（今湖南长沙市）人。

  Zhang Shouqing's most famous disciples include Zhang Ti, Huang Mingyou, Peng Tongwei, and Shan Dao'an. From them, the transmission of the Qingwei sect began to pass from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Ti, courtesy name Xinfu, style name Wuwenzi. A native of Xiangshan, Zhejiang. He was able to provide filial care for his parents and learned from a Taoist priest at an early age. When he was young, he traveled to the south of Guangdong and the north of Yan, and later stopped at Wudang, where he studied under Zhang Shouqing. Shouqing opened the way to Taoism and was appointed as the leader of the congregation. He passed away after three years. Huang Mingyou, courtesy name Taisha, was from Tanzhou (now Changsha City, Hunan Province).

  至元末，清微派著名传人为赵宜真（？～1382）。宜真，号原阳子。其先浚仪（今河南开封）人，元时徙安福（今属江西）。早业儒，后入道。初师清微派道士曾贵宽（号尘外，黄舜申嫡传），嗣清微法；继师道教南宗和全真道士，得南、北派内丹之学；又师徐异，得净明忠孝之道。师承多途，所传亦杂，但他对上述诸派的理论多有所阐扬。如他曾据师传，再补以他书，对清微雷法、斋法，加以整理，疏解，并对其理论加以阐发，作《玉宸登斋内旨》《玉宸经法炼度内旨》等篇。强调道为体，法为用，道与法皆具于我心。心地诚明，就能通天感神，“天人合德，此感彼应”。由于赵宜真对清微道法多所阐扬，故后世清微派南系道士奉之为一代祖师。如《道法会元》卷三十二《上清龙天通明炼度大法》和卷四十六《上清神烈飞捷五雷大法》等中，皆在黄舜申之后，列熊道辉、彭汝砺、曾贵宽、赵宜真。

  By the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the famous successor of the Qingwei Sect was Zhao Yizhen (?~1382). Yizhen, also known as Yuan Yangzi, was originally from Junyi (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) and moved to Anfu (now Jiangxi Province) during the Yuan Dynasty. He was a Confucian scholar in his early years and later became a Taoist. He first studied under the Qingwei Taoist Zeng Guikuan (alias Chenhua, the direct disciple of Huang Shunshen), and then inherited the Qingwei method. He then studied under the Taoist Nanzong and Quanzhen Taoists, and learned the internal alchemy of the Southern and Northern Sects. He also studied under Xu Yi, and learned the way of purity and loyalty. He had many teachers and his teachings were mixed, but he expounded on the theories of the above-mentioned Sects. For example, he once compiled and explained the theories of the Qingwei Thunder Method and the Fasting Method, and explained their theories in his books, such as “The Inner Teachings of the Jade Emperor's Ascending to the Fasting Chamber” and “The Jade Emperor's Inner Teachings of the Dharma of Refining and Transforming.” He emphasized that Tao is the body and Fa is the use, and that both Tao and Fa are in my heart. If one's heart is sincere and clear, one can connect with the gods and “the gods and humans are of one mind, and this feeling is reciprocated.” Because Zhao Yizhen expounded on the teachings of the Qingwei Dao, the later generations of the Qingwei sect in the southern region regarded him as the founder of the sect. For example, in the Dao Fa Hui Yuan, volume 32, Shangqing Longtian Tongming Liandu Dafa, and volume 46, Shangqing Shenlie Feijie Wule Dafa, after Huang Shunshen, they list Xiong Daohui, Peng Ruli, Zeng Guikuan, and Zhao Yizhen.

  赵宜真所传弟子中，以刘渊然为最著。刘渊然（被净明道尊为第六祖）传邵以正，邵以正传喻道纯、胡守法。刘、邵、喻、胡诸人皆是明代有名道士。刘渊然在永乐间受命任道录司左正一，仁宗朝被封为“冲虚至道玄妙无为光范演教长春真人”，宣德初，进大真人，领天下道教事；邵以正在正统中迁道录司左正一，领京师道教事。景泰间，赐号“悟玄养素凝神冲默阐微振法通妙真人”。

  Among the disciples of Zhao Yizhen, Liu Yuanran was the most famous. Liu Yuanran (revered by the Jingming Dao as the sixth ancestor) passed on his teachings to Shao Yizheng, who passed them on to Yu Daochun and Hu Shoufa. Liu, Shao, Yu and Hu were all famous Daoist priests in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Yuanran was appointed as the left-hand chief of the Daoist Records Office during the Yongle reign, and was given the title of “Chongxu Zhidao Xuanyou Wuwu Guangfan Yanjiao Changchun Zhenren” during the reign of Emperor Renzong. At the beginning of the Xuande reign, he was promoted to the rank of “Dazhenren” and took charge of Daoist affairs throughout the country. During the Jingtai reign, he was given the title of “Wuxuan Yangsu Ningshen Chongmu Chuanwei Tongmiao Zhenren”.

  《东岳庙志》之“灵济先祠神牌表”，列有明代清微派的历代祖师，为：故始祖南京朝天宫道录司右玄义禹贵黉，称为“明朝清微派第一代”。其下有“皇清羽化清微派第四代”刘守谊，第五代都全皊、李全安、朱全皊，直至第十五代庞源本等。

  The “Lingji Ancestral Shrine Spirit Board List” in the “Dongyue Temple Records” lists the ancestors of the Qingwei sect in the Ming Dynasty, including the late ancestor Yu Guiyong, the right-hand man of the Daoist Records Department of Chaotian Palace in Nanjing, who is called the “first generation of the Qingwei sect in the Ming Dynasty.” Below him are the “fourth generation of the Qingwei sect in the Qing Dynasty,” Liu Shouyi, the fifth generation, Du Quan, Li Quan'an, and Zhu Quan, and up to the fifteenth generation, Pang Yuanben.