- The
Liexian Zhuan,
sometimes translated as
Biographies of Immortals, is the
oldest extant Chinese hagiography of
Daoist xian "transcendents; immortals;...
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Chinese literature. Liu Xiang's (c. late 1st
century BCE)
Daoist hagiography Liexian Zhuan "Biographies of
Exemplary Immortals"
first records the
Three Corpses...
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ranks of the
Transcendent nobility.
Beginning with the c. 2nd
century CE
Liexian Zhuan (Biographies of
Exemplary Immortals),
numerous hagiographies of Daoist...
- gods –
omitting himself (姜太公封神——漏了自己),
which means "leave out oneself".
Liexian Zhuan, a book on
Taoist immortals,
contains his
short legendary biography:...
-
Guang Chengzi from Ren Xiong's "
Liexian Wine Cards"...
- Qian
Liexian (simplified Chinese: 钱烈宪;
traditional Chinese: 錢烈憲, a play on the
Chinese word for prostate) is the pen name of Xu Lai (徐来), a
Chinese journalist...
-
Taipingjing (Great
Peace Scripture), a key
source for Han
dynasty Taoism.
Liexian Zhuan (Biographies of Immortals), a Han
dynasty text that is the earliest...
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visible or
invisible at his pleasure.
According to the
Daoist hagiography Liexian Zhuan, Qin Shi
Huang spoke with him for
three entire days (including nights)...
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summon back the
spirit or a
recently deceased person. The (1st
century BCE)
Liexian Zhuan "Collected
Biographies of Transcendents"
first ****ociated transcendental...
- was
silent on some points." The Yuan
dynasty (c. 14th century)
Zengxiang liexian zhuan 增像列仙傳 "Enlarged and
Illustrated Collected Biographies of Transcendents"...
