Leng Qian

Also known as Zi Qijing · Hao Longyangzi

Leng Qian, styled Qijing and called Longyangzi, was from Wuling, a Daoist and qin master of the late Yuan and early Ming. He was first a monk, then studied Confucian learning, and finally lived as a Daoist recluse on Wushan in Hangzhou, versed in the Book of Changes. The History of Ming's treatise on music says he understood music and played the se; in 1367, when the court set up its Office of Sacrifices, he was summoned as music director to set the scores of the ritual songs and to tune the temple music, bells and chimes, fixing the rules of the court dances. The qin treatise Qinsheng Shiliu Fa and a work on longevity are attributed to him. Ming anecdotes say he lived past a hundred and vanished into a bottle.