Today,it is difficult to trace the origins of the history of Buddhism,and the lack of historical evidence about Mt.Emei is not unique. Dating back
to Jin Dynasty and further, the whole Buddhist history is short on authentic written records,at last in Sichuan. However,before Buddhism entered China, Daoism was well established in Sichuan and first sprang up on Mt.Emei towards the end of Eastern Han Dynasty. There is a fork story,which is still popular on Mt.Emei. It recounts that during the which is still popular on Mt.Emei. It recounts that during the Western Jin Dynasty,Qian Ming (乾明），a Daoist priest built Qianming Temple at the base of Zhongfeng Peak(中峰). The temple accommodated more than a hundred Daoist monks. Later, because of a dispute caused by personlity clashes,monks were going to split into different circles. As the story goes,an emient Buddhist monk exposed the witchcraft of a priest who was attempting to deceive people. Ming Guo(明果),an
eminent Buddhist monk,came to the temple and held a discourse with the Daoist priests about Buddhism. For his noble_minded moral conduct,MingGuo was honored by most of the Daoist priests who expressed Ming Guo to take charge of the temple.Ming Guo turned the Daoist temple into Zhongfeng Monastery.
