BIOGRAPHIES OF THE IMMORTALS

Lie Xian Zhuan — 陸通 (Lu Tong)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 陸通 (Lu Tong)

Paul Peng

Lu Tong (陆通), also known as Jieyu the Madman of Chu, was a Taoist immortal who cultivated health by eating wild fruits and seeds. He wandered the sacred mountains of...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 陸通 (Lu Tong)

Paul Peng

Lu Tong (陆通), also known as Jieyu the Madman of Chu, was a Taoist immortal who cultivated health by eating wild fruits and seeds. He wandered the sacred mountains of...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 平常生 (Pingchangsheng)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 平常生 (Pingchangsheng)

Paul Peng

Pingchangsheng (平常生) was a mysterious Taoist immortal from Gu Chengxiang who died and returned to life multiple times. During a great flood, he appeared atop Quemen Mountain, declared the waters...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 平常生 (Pingchangsheng)

Paul Peng

Pingchangsheng (平常生) was a mysterious Taoist immortal from Gu Chengxiang who died and returned to life multiple times. During a great flood, he appeared atop Quemen Mountain, declared the waters...

Ma Dan — Jin state official and Taoist immortal who vanished in a whirlwind, from the Lie Xian Zhuan Biographies of Immortals

Lie Xian Zhuan — 馬丹 (Ma Dan)

Paul Peng

Ma Dan (馬丹) was a Jin state official who served three rulers with integrity, then vanished into a whirlwind when treated without proper rites — becoming a revered Taoist immortal...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 馬丹 (Ma Dan)

Paul Peng

Ma Dan (馬丹) was a Jin state official who served three rulers with integrity, then vanished into a whirlwind when treated without proper rites — becoming a revered Taoist immortal...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 介子推 (Jie Zitui)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 介子推 (Jie Zitui)

Paul Peng

Jie Zitui (介子推), also known as Wang Guang, was a reclusive Taoist immortal of the Jin state who followed Duke Chonger into exile, then vanished into the mountains, refusing all...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 介子推 (Jie Zitui)

Paul Peng

Jie Zitui (介子推), also known as Wang Guang, was a reclusive Taoist immortal of the Jin state who followed Duke Chonger into exile, then vanished into the mountains, refusing all...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 邛疏 (Qiong Shu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 邛疏 (Qiong Shu)

Paul Peng

Qiong Shu was a Zhou dynasty historian who practiced qigong and cultivated his form. He boiled stone marrow (stalactite) and consumed it, living for several hundred years in Taishi Mountain.

Lie Xian Zhuan — 邛疏 (Qiong Shu)

Paul Peng

Qiong Shu was a Zhou dynasty historian who practiced qigong and cultivated his form. He boiled stone marrow (stalactite) and consumed it, living for several hundred years in Taishi Mountain.

Lie Xian Zhuan — 彭祖 (Peng Zu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 彭祖 (Peng Zu)

Paul Peng

Peng Zu, grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu, lived over 800 years through the Xia and Yin dynasties. He ate fine herbs, practiced qigong, and his shrine in Liyang was said to...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 彭祖 (Peng Zu)

Paul Peng

Peng Zu, grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu, lived over 800 years through the Xia and Yin dynasties. He ate fine herbs, practiced qigong, and his shrine in Liyang was said to...