Zhu Bei Fortune Telling _ No.88, Zhubei Village

Tie Guai Li 1

Let's talk about Tie Guai Li first. Tie Guai Li is the first of the folklore of the Eight Immortals. Some books say that his surname is Li and his name is Hong, and he was born in Xia Dynasty. Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Novels says that his surname is Li and his name is Xuan. Zhao Yi's Yu Cong Kao also said that his surname was Liu. It is said that he was a person who lived between Kaiyuan, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and Dali, Daizong.

According to "Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties", her handsome husband, who is good at Taoism, will practice Shen Yuan magic in Dangshan Cave. On one occasion, at the request of Lao Tzu's master, she went to Huashan, thousands of miles away, and came back a few days later, only to find that her body was burned by a disciple by mistake, and suddenly she saw a hungry one nearby.

2. Han Zhongli

Among the Eight Immortals, Han Zhongli is second only to Tie Guai Li in fame. He has a high position among the Eight Immortals, especially because he is highly respected by Taoism. In the Yuan Dynasty, Jin Zhendao was regarded as the "ancestor of Zhengyang". The archetypes of his characters appeared in the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty.

His deeds were recorded in the Chronicle of Xuanhe, Jane Yizhi and History of Song Dynasty. It was only later mistaken for the separation of Korea and China and attached to the Han Dynasty. Books such as "The Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties" and "A General Examination of Continued Documents" say that Zhong Liquan and Li Zhongfu are named Yunfangzi and Zhengyangzi. A native of Xianyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, his father Zhong was a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his brother Zhong was a corps commander, who later became an immortal.

3. Zhang

Zhang is an old folk fairy named "Zhang Guo". Because he is the oldest person, people call him "Zhang". There is a real Zhang Guo in history, and the old and new books in the Tang Dynasty are all rumors. When Wu Zetian lived in seclusion in Zhongtiao Mountain, everyone said that he had the secret of immortality. He claims to be several hundred years old. Wu Zetian sent messengers to summon him, but Zhang pretended not to go.

In the twenty-first year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Ji, the secretariat of Hengzhou, played his anecdotes to the emperor. Xuanzong called him, and Zhang Guo pretended to be dead. It took him a long time to wake up, so the messenger was afraid to go forward.

4. Lv Dongbin

Lv Dongbin is the most popular story in the Eight Immortals. In Taoism, Quanzhen Taoism regards him as "the ancestor of Chunyang", also known as "Lv Zu". Traditionally, most researchers believe that Lu was born in the late Tang Dynasty. His poems were included in the Summary of Jin Tang's Poems and Songs. In the Song Dynasty, Luo Dajing's A Record of He Lin Yu, Hong Mai's Jian Yizhi and Ji Xian Zhuan all recorded it.

It is said that he is from Jiujiang, originally an imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, and his surname is Li. In order to avoid the disaster of the marquis of Wu, he changed his surname to Lu. He made his debut as Shao Guang, who spent more than 20 years in the imperial examination, so he traveled around the world and was enlightened by Zhong Liquan. He is one of the most humane Eight Immortals. He is handsome and funny, good at eliminating violence and evil for the people, and also good at drinking and lusting.

5. He Xiangu

He Xiangu is the only female of the Eight Immortals, and there are different opinions about her life experience. She comes from the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Taiping Guangji, a peasant woman who made shoes as a profession, called Ji "He Erniang". Later, because the house was too stuffy, she often collected wild fruits for monks in various temples to eat.

Once, a monk from Zhou Xun Mountain Temple, 400 miles away, came to Luofushan Temple and said that one day a fairy went there to pick bayberries. It was verified that that day was the day when Ernian picked the fruit. Besides, everyone didn't know where Ernian picked so many wild fruits, so she thought Ernian was a fairy who picked fruits in Zhou Xun Mountain Temple, and she became famous from then on.

6. Lan Caihe

In the Eight Immortals, there was a cynical and crazy beggar named Lan Caihe. His deeds are recorded in Shen Fen's Biography of Immortals in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Tai Ping Guang Ji in the Early Song Dynasty and Lu You's Book of Southern Tang Dynasty. He is eccentric and likes drinking and singing. He usually wears a tattered blue shirt, boots on one foot and bare feet on the other.

What's more unnatural is that he wears cotton-padded clothes in summer, but he lies in the snow in winter, steaming all over. Usually, he holds a big clapper more than three feet, while playing bamboo boards, while begging along the street. He sings a lot of songs, most of which are touching the scene, which makes the world feel unfathomable and fairy-like.

7. Han Xiangzi

Generally speaking, Han Xiangzi is the nephew of Han Yu, a famous writer in the Tang Dynasty, and has been introduced in Tang Shu, Prime Minister's Genealogy Table, Youyang Miscellanies, Taiping Guang Ji, Xian Zhuan and other books. A nephew named Han Yu. Historically, Han Yu did have a grandnephew named Han Xiang, who used to be an official in Cheng Dali.

The legend about his immortality was first seen in Youyang Miscellanies in the Tang Dynasty. It is said in the book that Han Yu has a nephew who is young, frivolous and doesn't like reading. Han Yu once blamed him, but he was able to change the color of Zhuang Dan's flowers according to his uncle's request within seven days, and there was a poem on each flower, "Where is home in Yunheng Qinling ...", Han Yu was extremely surprised. It is also said that Han Xiangzi is Han Yu's nephew, and Han Xiangzi's character prototype is Han Yu's nephew, which is immortal in the Five Dynasties.

8. Cao Guojiu

Cao Guojiu, the last of the Eight Immortals, appeared the latest and had fewer fairy tales. His life experience and stories are similar, and they are all related to Cao Empress.

There is a legend in the history of Song Dynasty, called Cao Shu (,the word Gongbo, the grandson of Cao Bin, the brother of Cao Empress. He is gentle and easy-going, familiar with temperament and loves to write poems. He was crowned King of Jiyang County, and he lived a smooth life at the age of 72. As Xianjing said, Cao Guojiu was pure and kind, did not like wealth, but yearned for the immortal way, while his younger brother was arrogant and illegal, relying on the situation to run amok. Cao Guojiu was deeply ashamed of his evil deeds, so he went into the mountains to practice, met Zhong Liquan and Lv Dongbin, and became a disciple. Cao Guojiu soon became a fairy road.