Immortals Who Steal Creation
A volume of Eastern myth devoted to immortals who rise by theft, cunning, endurance, and impossible bargains. These are not gentle sages above the world, but beings who...
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Cao Guojiu
曹国舅 (Cao Guojiu) / Birth Name: 曹景休 (Cao Jingxiu) Affiliation: 上洞八仙·散仙 (Upper Eight Immortals of the Grotto · Wandering Immortal) Birth Era: Song Dy...
Chijingzi
赤精子 · Master of the Vermilion Essence / 太华山云霄洞赤精子 (Chijingzi of the Cloud-Covered Cave on Mount Taihua) Affiliation: 阐教 · 元始天尊门下 · 十二金仙 (The Teachi...
Cihang Daoren
慈航道人 (Cihang Daoren / The Compassionate Voyager) / Birth Name: Not preserved in surviving sources Affiliation: 阐教·元始天尊门下·十二金仙之一 (Chan Sect of Inter...
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Daode Tianzun
道德天尊 · Daode Tianzun (Lord of the Dao and Its Virtue) / 太清道德天尊 · Celestial Worthy of the Great Pure Realm / 老子 · Laozi Affiliation: 人教 · 太清境 · 三清之三...
Daoxing Tianzun
道行天尊 (Daoxing Tianzun / The Heavenly Sovereign of Virtuous Conduct) / Birth Name: Unknown in surviving sources. The name "Daoxing" is a title, not...
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Han Xiangzi
韩湘子 (Han Xiangzi) / Birth Name: Not preserved in stable sources; traditionally identified as Han Xiang, nephew to the Tang scholar-official Han Yu....
Han Zhongli
正阳子 / 汉钟离 · 钟离权 (The Perfect Sovereign of Pristine Yang / Han Zhongli / Zhongli Quan) Birth Era: Eastern Han Dynasty (25–220 CE) – exact reign unce...
He Xiangu
何仙姑 (He Xiangu) / The Fairy Maiden He / One of the Eight Immortals Birth Name: Unrecorded in surviving sources; known only by her immortals' title....
Huanglong Zhenren
黄龙真人 · True Man of the Yellow Dragon (Huanglong Zhenren) / 二仙山麻姑洞黄龙真人 (Huanglong Zhenren of Magu Cave, Mount Erxian) Affiliation: 阐教 · 元始天尊门下 · 十二金...
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Lan Caihe
蓝采和 (Lan Caihe) / no separate birth name recorded. Affiliation: 上洞八仙·散仙 (Upper Eight Immortals of the Grotto · Wandering Immortal) Birth Era: Not p...
Lingbao Tianzun
灵宝天尊 · Lord of Numinous Treasure / 上清灵宝天尊 · Celestial Worthy of the Upper Pure Realm Birth Name: None (manifested directly from the Primordial Dao)...
Lü Dongbin
纯阳真人 (The Pure Yang Perfected) / Birth Name: 吕洞宾 (Lü Dongbin) Affiliation: 全真教 · 北五祖之一 · 八仙传度体系 (Quanzhen School · One of the Northern Five Ancesto...
Lu Xing (Star of Emolument)
禄星·文昌司禄 (Lu Xing · Wen Chang Si Lu / The Star of Emolument — Overseer of Official Salaries under Wenchang) / Birth Name: Uncertain; one tradition i...
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Sa Shoujian
萨守坚·萨真人·紫阳真人 (Sa Shoujian · Sa Zhen Ren · Zi Yang Zhen Ren / The Perfected Man of Purple Yang) Affiliation: 道教·神霄派 (Daoism · The Shenxiao / Divine...
Shou Xing (Star of Longevity)
寿星·南极仙翁 (Shou Xing · Nan Ji Xian Weng / The Star of Longevity — The Immortal Elder of the South Pole) / Birth Name: Not preserved in the classical...
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Taiyi Zhenren
太乙真人 · True Man of the Grand Unity / 乾元山金光洞太乙真人 (Taiyi Zhenren of the Golden Light Cave on Mount Qian Yuan) Affiliation: 阐教 · 元始天尊门下 · 十二金仙 (The Te...
Tieguai Li
铁拐李 · 李玄 · 李凝阳 (Tieguai Li / Li Xuan / The Crutch-Born Sage) Affiliation: The Eight Immortals System (八仙体系) · Self-Cultivated Loose Immortal · Disc...
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Zhang Daoling
张道陵·祖天师 (Zhang Daoling · Zu Tian Shi / The First Celestial Master) / Birth Name: 张陵 (Zhang Ling, later rendered as Daoling meaning "the Way's mauso...
Zhang Guolao
张果老 / Zhang Guolao (The Elderly Sage) / Birth Name: 张果 (Zhang Guo) Affiliation: 散修 / 隐仙道统 / 八仙体系 (Loose Immortal · The Recluse Immortal Tradition ·...