Biography of Tang Perfected Ye 唐叶真人传
Paul PengBiography of Tang Perfected Ye
Also known as Biography of True Man Lingxu Jiansu, Minister of Honglu, Duke of Yue State of the Tang.
Original text anonymous.
According to the preface, it was compiled by Zhang Daotong, a Taoist priest of the Southern Song Dynasty.
It consists of one volume, included in the Daozang in the Divine Cavern section, Genealogy and Records category.
Biography of Tang Perfected Ye
It consists of one volume, included in the Daozang in the Divine Cavern section, Genealogy and Records category.True Man Ye refers to Ye Fashan (616–720), a famous Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty.
He was repeatedly summoned to the imperial palace during the reigns of Emperor Gaozong, Wu Zetian, and Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, and was appointed Minister of Honglu in the second year of the Xiantian era of Emperor Xuanzong.
The first half of the book gives a detailed account of his life, self-cultivation, practice of the Dao, relief of the people, and repeated honors and titles.
The second half collects Ye Fashan’s family tree, memorials to the throne, as well as inscriptions, imperial edicts, and memorials written by Li Yong, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, his disciple Ding Zhengguan, and others.
At the end are the imperial documents conferring additional honorary titles upon Ye Fashan in the sixth year of the Zhenghe era and the second year of the Xuanhe era of the Northern Song Dynasty.
