China Culture, the cultural heritage portal published under China Daily, documenting Qiu Chuji's two year, more than five thousand kilometer journey from Laizhou with his eighteen pupils to the snow mountains of what is now Afghanistan to meet Genghis Khan, his counsel urging the Khan to revere Heaven, love his people, and cultivate a pure heart with few desires, and the resulting titles of Shenxian and Taizongshi and his charge over Taoist sects across the whole country, which the page credits with making the Quanzhen school extremely popular in the north and a major political and economic influence.
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A Chinese state affiliated cultural heritage portal published under China Daily rather than an independent or academic outlet, named plainly, tier 2, used here for the outline of Qiu Chuji's journey and Genghis Khan's grant of authority over the country's Taoist sects, corroborated by Wikipedia's more granular account of the meeting itself below. NotesUsed for the outline of Qiu Chuji's journey from Laizhou, his counsel to Genghis Khan, and the resulting authority over Taoist sects across the country.
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PublisherChina Culture (China Daily)
URLhttp://en.chinaculture.org/library/2008-02/04/content_24919.htm
Source Typegovernment
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This source names Afghanistan directly: "to the snow mountains of what is now Afghanistan to meet Genghis Khan, his counsel urging the Khan to revere Heaven, love his people, and cultivate a pure heart with few desires, and the resulting..."
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