BIOGRAPHIES OF THE IMMORTALS

Lie Xian Zhuan — 子主 (Zi Zhu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 子主 (Zi Zhu)

Paul Peng

Zi Zhu (子主) was a mysterious Chu native who served the immortal Master Ning for three hundred years on Longmei Mountain. When Prince Jiangdu sent officials to find him, Master...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 子主 (Zi Zhu)

Paul Peng

Zi Zhu (子主) was a mysterious Chu native who served the immortal Master Ning for three hundred years on Longmei Mountain. When Prince Jiangdu sent officials to find him, Master...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 商丘子胥 (Shangqiu Zixu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 商丘子胥 (Shangqiu Zixu)

Paul Peng

Shangqiu Zixu (商丘子胥) was a Taoist immortal from Gaoyi who raised pigs and played the yu flute. By eating changpu roots and zhu and drinking spring water, he lived over...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 商丘子胥 (Shangqiu Zixu)

Paul Peng

Shangqiu Zixu (商丘子胥) was a Taoist immortal from Gaoyi who raised pigs and played the yu flute. By eating changpu roots and zhu and drinking spring water, he lived over...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 文賓 (Wen Bin)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 文賓 (Wen Bin)

Paul Peng

Wen Bin (文賓) was a Taoist immortal from Taiqiu who sold straw sandals while remaining ageless. He secretly taught an elderly nursemaid to consume chrysanthemum, pine seeds, Kochia, and Loranthus...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 文賓 (Wen Bin)

Paul Peng

Wen Bin (文賓) was a Taoist immortal from Taiqiu who sold straw sandals while remaining ageless. He secretly taught an elderly nursemaid to consume chrysanthemum, pine seeds, Kochia, and Loranthus...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 子英 (Ziying)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 子英 (Ziying)

Paul Peng

Ziying (子英) was a fisherman from Shuxiang who raised a red carp until it grew horns and wings. The divine fish carried him to heaven, yet he returned home every...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 子英 (Ziying)

Paul Peng

Ziying (子英) was a fisherman from Shuxiang who raised a red carp until it grew horns and wings. The divine fish carried him to heaven, yet he returned home every...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 毛女 (Mao Nu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 毛女 (Mao Nu)

Paul Peng

Mao Nu (毛女), courtesy name Yujiang, was a palace woman of the First Emperor of Qin who fled into Huayin Mountain after the dynasty's fall. Taught by the Daoist priest...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 毛女 (Mao Nu)

Paul Peng

Mao Nu (毛女), courtesy name Yujiang, was a palace woman of the First Emperor of Qin who fled into Huayin Mountain after the dynasty's fall. Taught by the Daoist priest...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 陰生 (Yin Sheng)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 陰生 (Yin Sheng)

Paul Peng

Yin Sheng (陰生) was a Taoist immortal disguised as a beggar under Zhongwei Bridge in Chang'an. Immune to filth and unbound by shackles, he embodied the Taoist ideal of the...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 陰生 (Yin Sheng)

Paul Peng

Yin Sheng (陰生) was a Taoist immortal disguised as a beggar under Zhongwei Bridge in Chang'an. Immune to filth and unbound by shackles, he embodied the Taoist ideal of the...