BIOGRAPHIES OF THE IMMORTALS

Lie Xian Zhuan — 谷春 (Gu Chun)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 谷春 (Gu Chun)

Paul Peng

Gu Chun (谷春) was a Han dynasty officer who died yet left an incorruptible, warm body. Three years later he reappeared alive at the county gate; his coffin was found...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 谷春 (Gu Chun)

Paul Peng

Gu Chun (谷春) was a Han dynasty officer who died yet left an incorruptible, warm body. Three years later he reappeared alive at the county gate; his coffin was found...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 山圖 (Shantu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 山圖 (Shantu)

Paul Peng

Shantu (山圖) was a Longxi native who healed a broken foot using dihuang, danggui, and other Taoist herbs taught by a mountain hermit. He then followed the hermit — a...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 山圖 (Shantu)

Paul Peng

Shantu (山圖) was a Longxi native who healed a broken foot using dihuang, danggui, and other Taoist herbs taught by a mountain hermit. He then followed the hermit — a...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 谿父 (Xi Fu)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 谿父 (Xi Fu)

Paul Peng

Xi Fu (谿父) was a mountain hermit from Nanjun who was taught by a visiting Taoist immortal to refine melon seeds with cassia and angelica root. After twenty years of...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 谿父 (Xi Fu)

Paul Peng

Xi Fu (谿父) was a mountain hermit from Nanjun who was taught by a visiting Taoist immortal to refine melon seeds with cassia and angelica root. After twenty years of...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 昌容 (Chang Rong)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 昌容 (Chang Rong)

Paul Peng

Chang Rong (昌容) was a Daoist immortal from Changshan who claimed descent from the Yin royal line. Sustained by peng roots and qi refinement, he remained youthful for over two...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 昌容 (Chang Rong)

Paul Peng

Chang Rong (昌容) was a Daoist immortal from Changshan who claimed descent from the Yin royal line. Sustained by peng roots and qi refinement, he remained youthful for over two...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 鹿皮公 (Lu Pigong)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 鹿皮公 (Lu Pigong)

Paul Peng

Lu Pigong (鹿皮公) was a Taoist immortal from Zichuan who built a suspended pavilion on Cen Mountain, sustained himself on zhi herbs and sacred spring water for over seventy years,...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 鹿皮公 (Lu Pigong)

Paul Peng

Lu Pigong (鹿皮公) was a Taoist immortal from Zichuan who built a suspended pavilion on Cen Mountain, sustained himself on zhi herbs and sacred spring water for over seventy years,...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 園客 (Yuanke)

Lie Xian Zhuan — 園客 (Yuanke)

Paul Peng

Yuanke (園客) was a Taoist immortal from Jiying who spent decades cultivating five-colored fragrant herbs. A divine woman appeared at night, claiming to be his wife, and together they raised...

Lie Xian Zhuan — 園客 (Yuanke)

Paul Peng

Yuanke (園客) was a Taoist immortal from Jiying who spent decades cultivating five-colored fragrant herbs. A divine woman appeared at night, claiming to be his wife, and together they raised...