xian (Chinese: 仙/僊; pinyin: xiān; Wade–Giles: hsien) is any manner of immortal, mythical being within the Taoist pantheon or Chinese folklore. Xian has...
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developed around the pursuit of long life (shou 壽/寿), or the status of a xian (仙, "mountain man", "holy man"). The Chinese word wu 巫 "shaman, wizard",...
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Kunlun (mythology) (section Xian)
inhabited by xian, or Daoist immortals (i.e., humans who had metamorphosed into superhuman form), which was presided over by Xiwangmu. The xian were often...
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are a variety of immortals in Chinese thought, and one major type is the xian, which is thought in some religious Taoism movements to be a human given...
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Palmer. Les mutations du discours sur les sectes en Chine moderne, in Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 2008. Online Marjorie Topley. Cantonese Society...
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88-89 & 184 Wang Xue. 东北农村地区黄仙信仰的人类学研究 Dōngběi nóngcūn dìqū huáng xiān xìnyǎng de rénlèi xué yánjiū. Jilin University, 2013. Deng (2014), p. 1. Deng...
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neo-Confucianism Little China (ideology) Neo-Confucianism New Confucianism Sinosphere Taigu school Zhao, Dingxin (2015). The Confucian-legalist State: A New Theory...
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(畢方), a one-legged bird. Crane: linked with immortality, may be transformed xian Jiān/biyiniao (鶼/比翼鸟): a mythical bird with two heads, one male, one female...
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The De teaching (Chinese: 德教 Dejiao, "teaching of virtue", the concept of De), whose corporate name is the Church of Virtue (德教會 Déjiàohuì), is a sect...
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Northeast China folk religion (redirect from Chuma xian)
of a "totemic" significance. In the region the terms shen 神 ("god") and xian 仙 ("immortal being") are synonymous. Figures of ritual specialists or shamans...
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(2004). Xian dai Han yu gui fan ci dian (in Chinese). p. 492. "怪字的解释-在线新华字典". zd.hwxnet.com. Retrieved 2024-07-13. Li, Xingjian (2004). Xian dai Han yu...
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surname Huang Xiong 黄熊氏 "Yellow Bear" Theobald, Ulrich. Fu Xi 伏羲 ChinaKnowledge.de - An Encyclopaedia on Chinese History, Literature and Art Fernald, Helen E...
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well as disciple of Xiwangmu Kunlun Mountain (mythology) Qingniao Sungmo Xian or Immortal Yaochidao Yumjao Leima, queen mother goddess Mt. Yushan is Mt...
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Dongyue Dadi's development in Daoism and elevated him to the status known as Xian Ren, which placed him in the hierarchy of Daoist immortals. According to...
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of this proverb is: 十年修得同船渡，百年修得共枕眠 (pinyin: shí nián xiū dé tóng chuán dù, bǎi nián xiū dé gòng zhěn mián), which means literally: ten years of meditation...
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De Groot. Religious System of China: Volume 5. p. 526. De Groot. "Chapter III, Water Demons". Religious System of China, Volume 5. pp. 527–528. De Groot...
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