The mage's legal name is Daxin, the word Mingshan, and the common name is Qian Yan Ling. Born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province on March 16th, 1914 (in the third year of the Republic of China) (on February 2th of the morning calendar). His father, Mr. Qian Gongyu Zhuo, was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, and his mother, Mrs. Zhang Shantai, was a devout Buddhist. She had two sons and two daughters, and the mage was a monk. When he was young, he studied ancient poetry and calligraphy with his father, and often went to the temple with his mother to burn incense and recite Buddha. In 1932 (at the age of 19), he became a monk in Yihongtai, a local harvest town (now jianhu county). He often publishes academic articles in publications such as Tide Sound.