Introduction on Taoist Immortal Pei (慈惠真人裴仙師)

Taoist Immortal Pei, actual name known as Zhou Jian Jie (周简洁), born in Northern Song Dynasty (北宋), on 10th Day of Lunar 3 Month (農曆三月初十日) & Year unknown (生年不詳). Hometown in Zhe Jiang Province, Shao Xing County (中國浙江省紹興縣).

Since young, Immortal Pei's father had been teaching him on performing Charity. From the age of 8, Immortal Pei had started to follow his father to travel to different places to assist Needys.

One year while they were on their travelling, Immortal Pei's father founded that Hokkien Province Fu Zhou City was a good place to settle down and so, the whole family decided to shift to Fu Zhou City Gu Lou Area (中國福州市鼓樓區). At that time, Immortal Pei was already 20 years old.

After settled down in Fu Zhou City, Immortal Pei was being encouraged by his father to take part in the Imperial Examination. With one trial, Immortal Pei passed his examination but due to the result that he got, he could only be given a position of Advisor and was being appointed to station in one of the Magistrate Office in Fu Zhou City. From then, Immortal Pei performed his duties for 30 years before he gave up his position to continue on his Taoist Cultivation.

During these 30 years, Immortal Pei didnt stopped performing his Charity. Whenever he was off from his duty, he would travelled around to record on the needs that the Needys and then once he returned back to him Office, he would ordered his Subordinates to send the items over for the Needys in the night.

After 20odd years of Cultivation, Immortal Pei was being bestowed with the necessary Spiritual Taoist Skills. At the age of about 80, Immortal Pei still travelled around to assist the Needys and due to Immortal Pei never like to wear Taoist Robe while he's performing his Taoist Task and so from then, all the Commoners addressed him as Fei Yi Dao Ren (非衣道人). Due to Fei Yi was not a very respectable term and so, after then, People changed Fei Yi to Pei (裴), place the Fei character on top of the Yi character which pronouced as Pei.

At the age of 108, Immortal Pei got his Immortal-hood.

On the Day of his Immortal-hood, Immortal Pei was being summoned to the Celestial Palace and after meeting up with Jade Emperor of Heaven (玉皇大天尊), Immortal Pei was being bestowed with an Official Title of Xia Fu Hu Dao Yi Ling Bi Hua Hong Ji Zhen Guan Fu De Ci Hui Zhen Ren Dao De Zuo Hua Tian Zun (霞府護道翊靈弼化宏濟真官福德慈惠真人道德佐化天尊). Besides that, he was appointed to take charge of performing Salvation for the Sufferings, Inspecting of Heavenly Armies & Celestial Reporting Officers.

AD 1064, some said AD 1067, a great Temple was being built by the Commoners in Fu Zhou City Gu Lou Area to show the Gratitude to Immortal Pei. Till today, the Temple can still be found in that area.

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