Jīn-dynasty Quánzhēn 全真 patriarch, hào Chángshēngzǐ 長生子 (“Master of Long Life”), 1147–1203. One of the “Seven Perfected of the North” (Běi qīzhēn 北七真) — the seven principal disciples of Wáng Zhé 王喆 (Wáng Chóngyáng 王重陽, 1113–1170) who founded the Quánzhēn school. Liú Chǔxuán was a native of Dōnglái 東萊 (Shāndōng) and headed the Quánzhēn lineage in North China during the JīnYuán transition.
His commentarial output in the Daozang includes:
- Huángdì yīnfú jīng zhù 黃帝陰符經註 (DZ 123, preface 1191 by Fàn Yì 范懌) — a Quánzhēn-school commentary on the Yīnfú jīng that compares Huángdì’s success with Śākyamuni’s enlightenment.
- Huángtíng nèijǐng yùjīng zhù 黃庭內景玉經註 (DZ 401) — a Quánzhēn verse-by-verse commentary on the Huángtíng nèijǐng KR5b0015.
- Other works in Quánzhēn-school collections including Xiānlè jí 仙樂集.
Studies: Florian C. Reiter, “The Blending of Religious Convictions in Quanzhen Taoism,” Oriens Extremus 40 (1997), 425–455; Stephen Eskildsen, The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters (SUNY, 2004). No CBDB record was found in the searched tables.