It was built by Wang Xi, a local chieftain, between 1440 and 1446 during Emperor Yingzong's reign (1427–64) in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).
The (1445) Ming Dynasty edition Zhengtong daozang 正統道藏 "Zhengtong Emperor's Daoist Canon" contains the earliest known complete copy of the Yunji qiqian, which subsequent Canon editions reproduced.
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