The Shenxian Zhuan, sometimes given in translation as the Biographies of the Deities and Immortals, is a hagiography of immortals and description of Chinese...

compiled the Shenxian Zhuan (Biographies of Divine Transcendents) that provides more information about shijie than the earlier Liexian Zhuan above. Five...

into a latrine and died in 581 BCE. Ge Hong's (c. 3rd–4th century) Shenxian zhuan Daoist hagiography of Liu Gen 劉根 quotes instructions passed from legendary...

flying, such as yǔhuà (羽化, with "feather; wing"). Later texts like the Shenxian zhuan and Baopuzi took immortality literally and described esoteric Chinese...

sources of information about xingchu Mobile Kitchens, the Baopuzi and Shenxian zhuan. Ge portrayed adepts seeking xian-hood as avoiding ordinary food such...

Liexian Zhuan became a model for later authors, such as Ge Hong's 4th century CE Shenxian zhuan ("Biographies of Divine Immortals"). Liexian Zhuan combines...

for meide 美德 "beautiful virtues". Ge Hong's (c. 4th century) Daoist Shenxian zhuan "Biographies of Divine Transcendents" has two hagiographies that mention...

Baopuzi ("[Book of the] Master Who Embraces Simplicity") and the later Shenxian Zhuan ("Traditions of Divine Transcendents"). The Baopuzi description of Li...

Li Babai, Ge Hong was also accredited as the original editor of the Shenxian zhuan ("Records of Divine Transcendents"), which has two separate hagiographies...

Hong (282-343), the Baopuzi or Master who Embraces Simplicity and the Shenxian Zhuan or Biographies of Divine Transcendents. Two Baopuzi Inner Chapters mention...

" (Chen 2021: 22). Ge Hong also compiled the c. 4th century Daoist Shenxian zhuan (Biographies of Divine Transcendents), which mentions Han Zhong in cases...

the Baoupzi, Ge Hong wrote the c. 4th-century (with later additions) Shenxian Zhuan (Biographies of Divine Transcendents), which mentions taixi in four...

transcendental whistling with Sun Deng. Ge Hong's (4th century) Daoist Shenxian zhuan "Biographies of Divine Transcendents" hagiography of Sun Deng 孙登 has...

Master Who Embraces Simplicity") conflates Li Babai with Li A and the Shenxian Zhuan ("Traditions of Divine Transcendents") identifies them as separate individuals...

(179-104 BCE) was a Confucianist official under Emperor Wu, see the Shenxian zhuan below. The first Baopuzi context about Li Shaojun and Luan Da (欒大 miswritten...

between two points to achieve its effect. The word first appears in Shenxian Zhuan to describe the ability of Taoist magician Fei Changfang. The term 縮地脈...

Huangchu of Cao Pi (221 AD). According to a hagiographical account in the Shenxian zhuan (Chinese: 神仙传; lit. 'Biographies of the Divine Immortals'), a work attributed...

He was also learned in the Confucian classics and in astrology. The Shenxian zhuan (Biographies of Divine Transcendents) says Zuo Ci was expert in fenshen...

Taoism. Liexian Zhuan (Biographies of Immortals), a Han dynasty text that is the earliest Taoist hagiography of Taoist immortals. Shenxian Zhuan, a Jin dynasty...

Supernatural (Sōu Shén Jì) Ziyuan: Character Garden Shiyiji: Forgotten Tales Shenxian Zhuan: Biographies of the Deities and Immortals Lantingji Xu: Preface to the...

three. The physician Ge Hong wrote a biography of Dong Feng in the Shenxian zhuan. Many legends surround the life and work of Dong Feng. As a physician...

Immortals" (Chinese: 神仙通鑒 Shénxiān tōngjiàn) of the Ming dynasty, and the "Biographies of Deities and Immortals" (Chinese: 神仙傳 Shénxiān zhuán) by Ge Hong (284–343)...

Governor, he appointed his friend Ge Hong, the alchemist and author of the Shenxian zhuan and Baopuzi, as aide-de-camp. Ge Hong went to Guangdong ahead of Ji...

and Immortals" (神仙通鑑, Shénxiān Tōngjiàn) of the Ming dynasty, and the Biographies of the Deities and Immortals (Shenxian Zhuan) by Ge Hong (284–343)....

annotated translation of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents (Shenxian zhuan (神仙傳), ca. 317 CE) and compares four Chinese textual variations of Magu...

east of Hangzhou. The best-known account of Wei Boyang is found in the Shenxian zhuan (Biographies of the Divine Immortals), a work attributed to Ge Hong...

written by Lu Ji, including Bian Wang Lun, Da Mu Fu, Lu Xun Ming, and Gu Tan Zhuan. A single collection of Lu Ji's works was available by the Liang Dynasty...

compilations, dating back to the c. 2nd century CE Liexian zhuan and 4th century Shenxian zhuan, generally include hagiographies of both men and women, but...

was subsequently lost. Besides the Baopuzi, Ge Hong also compiled the Shenxian Zhuan (Biographies of Divine Transcendents), in which ten hagiographies mention...

Taipei: Xuesheng, 1980. Penny, Benjamin. "The Text and Authorship of Shenxian zhuan". Journal of Oriental Studies 34 (1996): 165–209. Ren Jiyu, ed. Zhongguo...