Zhang Tianran
Venerable Teacher Zhang Tianran 師尊 | |||||||||
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張天然 | |||||||||
| Title | 18th Taoist Patriarch (Yiguandao) | ||||||||
| Personal life | |||||||||
| Born | Kui Sheng 8 August 1889 | ||||||||
| Died | 29 September 1947 (aged 58) | ||||||||
| Resting place | Nanping Hill, Hangzhou | ||||||||
| Partner |
Zhu Shuzhen
(m. 1906; died 1907)Liu Lǜzhen (m. 1908)Sun Suzhen (m. 1930) | ||||||||
| Children | 12, including: Zhang Ruizhen Zhang Maomeng Zhang Maotian Zhang Maoming | ||||||||
| Posthumous name | Ancient Buddha Tianran (天然古佛) | ||||||||
| Religious life | |||||||||
| Religion | Taoism | ||||||||
| Sect | Yiguandao | ||||||||
| Teachers | Lu Zhongyi | ||||||||
| Senior posting | |||||||||
| Period in office | 1930 – 1947 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Lu Zhongyi | ||||||||
| Successor | Sun Suzhen (disputed by Tiandao association) | ||||||||
| Reincarnation | Ji Gong | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張天然 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张天然 | ||||||||
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Zhang Tianran (Chinese: 張天然; 8 August 1889 – 29 September 1947), born Kui Sheng (Chinese: 奎生), was the eighteenth patriarch of the Yiguandao religious sect. He is usually referred to as the Father of Yiguandao, or as Shi Zun (師尊), meaning the Honored Teacher.