Biographies of Wang Family Immortals 王氏神仙传
Paul PengBiographies of Wang Family Immortals
Compiled by Du Guangting, a Taoist priest of the late Tang and Five Dynasties periods.
It is recorded as five volumes in the Bibliography of General Records, and four volumes in Chunzhai Reading Notes by Chao Gongwu. The original book is lost and listed in the Catalogue of Lost Scriptures in the The Daozang.
Biographies of Wang Family Immortals
A modern reconstructed edition by Yan Yiping collects accounts of thirty-eight people, included in the first collection of Research Materials on Taoism.This book records stories of men and women surnamed Wang who achieved immortality through Taoist Cultivation from ancient times to the Tang Dynasty, most of which are myths and legends. It was a work written by Du Guangting to flatter Wang Jian, the ruler of Former Shu in the Five Dynasties, and reflects the political background of Celestial Master Daoism in the late Tang period.
