Baopuzi (simplified Chinese: 抱朴子; traditional Chinese: 抱樸子) is a literary work written by Ge Hong (AD 283–343), (Chinese: 葛洪; Wade–Giles: Ko Hung), a...

(283–343 CE) immortalized pu in his pen name Baopuzi "Master who Embraces Simplicity" and eponymous book Baopuzi. Pu can be written with either of the variant...

and floating goblins" [飛尸流凶]. The "Inner Chapters" of the (c. 320 CE) Baopuzi, written by the Jin Dynasty Daoist scholar Ge Hong, is the earliest source...

the 317 Baopuzi ("[Book of the] Master Who Embraces Simplicity") and the later Shenxian Zhuan ("Traditions of Divine Transcendents"). The Baopuzi description...

says xiúzhī (苬芝) is a copyist's error for junzhi (菌芝, "mushrooms", see Baopuzi below), which is another synonym of lingzhi. The 121 CE Shuowen jiezi (Plant...

Eastern Jin dynasty. He was the author of Essays on Chinese Characters, the Baopuzi, the Emergency Formulae at an Elbow's Length, among others. He was the...

Baopuzi also lists another book titled Riyue chushi jing (日月廚食經, Scripture of the Kitchen Meals of the Sun and the Moon). Three of the seven Baopuzi elixirs...

mysterious powers." For instance, a mirror can reveal and control demons. The Baopuzi (above) says a Daoist practitioner entering the mountains would suspend...

implies). But he was one of the men of antiquity'. Ge Hong's (320 CE) Daoist Baopuzi 抱樸子 mentions kui 夔 in an "Inner Chapter" and an "Outer Chapter". "Into...

meditation on inner deities. The Jin dynasty scholar Ge Hong's (c. 320) Baopuzi "Master who Embraces Simplicity", which is an invaluable source for early...

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

of the phoenix or the ascension of the dragon. The (c. 320 CE) Daoist Baopuzi by Ge Hong mentions Feilong 飛龍 "flying dragon" and uses it as a graphic...

Yaojiu (堯韭, "Yao's leek; calamus") (Bokenkamp 2015: 295). Ge Hong's c. 318 Baopuzi (Master Who Embraces Simplicity) mentions Han Zhong (韓終) twice and medical...

residence. Two exemplary Taiqing scriptures, both mentioned in the c. 320 Baopuzi below, describe novel shijie procedures: placing a brief listing one's...

fettered with ropes it can find its [human] food." Ge Hong's (c. 320) Baopuzi mentions wangliang (魍魎) twice. One context lists the demon among the dangers...

"perform a shaman's trance-dance". Ge Hong's (c. 320 CE) Daoist classic Baopuzi contains some of the earliest and most detailed descriptions of the Paces...

paces of Yu (禹步), invisibility to others was said to be achieved. In the Baopuzi (抱朴子), written by Ge Hong (b. 283), the paces of Yu are described as elements...

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Literary Chinese trope for the lifespan of a Daoist xian transcendent. The Baopuzi says Peng Zu lived 800 years and Anqi Sheng lived over 3,000, "but in the...

3 meters") while others say a chi (尺 "0.3 meter"). Ge Hong's (c. 320) Baopuzi "Master who Embraces Simplicity" lists four shanjing (山精 "mountain essence")...

alchemist Ge Hong, who wrote a key Taoist work on inner cultivation, the Baopuzi (Master Embracing Simplicity). The Six Dynasties (316–589) era saw the...

and forth between the earthly and celestial realms. The 4th century CE Baopuzi (抱朴子 "[Book of] Master Embracing Simplicity"), written by Ge Hong, gives...

them in order for them to be considered efficacious. Ge Hong noted in his Baopuzi that as long as the inscription was authentic, successful use of the talisman...

(李弘), for practicing witchcraft and plotting rebellion. Ge Hong's 317 Baopuzi ("Master Who Embraces Simplicity") has the oldest extant references to...

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the book Master of Preserving Simplicity Inner Writings (抱朴子内篇; pinyin: Baopuzi Neipian), describes Pangu (Werner, E.T.C. Myths and Legends of China (1922))...

lift, and the toy flies when released. The 4th-century AD Daoist book Baopuzi by Ge Hong (抱朴子 "Master who Embraces Simplicity") reportedly describes...

indigenous Chinese religions from the imported religion. Ge Hong used it in his Baopuzi as a synonym for Taoism. The Chinese term 神道 (MC zyin dawX) was originally...

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