Master Teacher Jeffrey Yuen, PhD.


http://www.jadepurityfoundation.org/master.html

Jeffrey Yuen comes from two Daoist lineages - 88th generation of the Yu Qing Huang

Lao Pai (Jade Purity Yellow Emperor Lao Zi School) and 26th generation ofthe Quan

Zhen Long Men Pai (Complete Reality Dragon Gate School). His Daoist name for each

tradition is respectively Yuan Xu and Song De.

Mr. Yuen trained under his adopted grandfather, the late Daoist Master Yu Wen (1872-

1981) of the Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai, a sect from the Shang Qing tradition of Daoism

that developed during the later Han Dynasty (3rd Cent. CE). Master Yu Wen trained in

Mt. Hua and learned all the facets of Daoism, including the classics; rites and liturgies;

healing arts; and divination. He later traveled extensively throughout China and served

as the lineage holder of the Daoist martial arts system know as Wu Xing Quan/Five

Element Fist - an internal and monastic style of Hua Shan. Having a strong resonance

with Daoist teachings ever since childhood, Jeffrey studied extensively under Master Yu

Wen and was allowed to openly practice and serve the community when he was 16 years

old.

In addition to his ordainment within the Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai, Jeffrey was ordained by

Master Lu Xin-Xu of the Quan Zhen Long Men Pai as an expression of gratitude. When

arriving to the United States on a visitor's visa, Master Lu served as one of the Daoist

priests of the American Daoist and Buddhist Association in New York City. Master Lu

later decided to stay in the United States and thus applied for permanent residency

under

the status for special reasons (namely, religious persecution in China at that time). His

initial application was rejected by the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service on the

grounds that Daoism was a philosophy and not a religion. Due to Jeffrey's effort, Daoism

became recognized as a major religious tradition of China by INS.


Other Trainings


Mr. Yuen also studied Chinese herbal medicine with Master Gong Song-Liu, a eunuch

for the last two emperors of the Qing Dynasty who apprenticed with the imperial

medical

physicians. As a friend of Master Yu Wen, Gong was persuaded to teach Jeffrey,

imparting his deep knowledge of Chinese medicine over a period of 8 years. At the age

of 100, Master Gong felt deeply satisfied with his transmission to Jeffrey and left for

China.

In the martial arts arena, Jeffrey also trained under many eminent masters. Among these

masters are Leung Shum (Northern Eagle Claw), Lo Ching-Sum (Vietnamese Jing Wu

Association), Chan Hai-Fu (White Crane's Eagle-In-Cotton), Chan Tai Shan (Tibetan

Lama Style), Yao Mei-Hua (Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan), Wang Qing Shan (Yang Style

Tai Chi Chuan), and Cui Yan (Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan).


His Mission

Jeffrey currently believes that he can contribute to the practice of Chinese medicine in

this country by spreading the traditions of Classical Chinese Medicine. In that regards, he

continues to teach extensively throughout the United States and abroad. Jeffrey serves

as Dean for Academic Affairs for the Swedish Institute's School of Acupuncture and

Oriental Studies (NY) and New England School of Acupuncture (MA). His teachings

have served as the basis ofa state-approved doctoral program offered by the American

University ofComplementary Medicine (AUCM) in Los Angeles, CA.

www,aucm.org-faculty

Jeffrey Yuen apprenticed for more than 20 years in Classical Chinese Medicine and other

Taoist Healing Arts with Master Taoist Priest and Physician, Yu Wen, who transmitted

his lineage to Jeffrey Yuen before the former's death at age 108. Jeffrey Yuen is

recognized internationally to be a Master of Classical Chinese Medicine, Taoism,

Acupuncture, Chinese Herbology, Tai Ji Chuan, and Qi Gong.

Fields of Specialization include Chinese Medical Classics, Acupuncture, Chinese

Herbology, Chinese Medicine, Tai Ji Chuan, Qi Gong, Taoist Philosophy. He has served

as a Guest Lecturer at Rockefeller University, City University of New York, San

Francisco State University, Vassar College, and is the only non-M.D. acupuncturists on
faculty for the American Association ofAcupuncture Physicians. In addition to teaching and directing the Acupuncture Master's Degree program at Swedish Institute of Health

Sciences, Mr. Yuen regularly provides Continuing Education lectures for Licensed

Acupuncturists in Italy, California, and New York.