Who is from Shaanxi among the Eight Immortals?

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. Xuanzong heard about it and sent Xu Jiao to invite him. Zhang Guo has to go to Beijing. It is said that Tang Xuanzong doubted his rumors. He once asked Xing Hepu, who was good at calculating the good and evil of dying young, to tell Zhang's fortune. I don't know Zhang Jiazi, but a teacher is good at ghosts. Xuanzong asked him to see Zhang Guo, but he asked, "Where is Zhang Guo?" I didn't see it across the street. According to historical records, Zhang Guo was just an old liar with a guilty conscience. Otherwise, why not play dead a few times to avoid being drafted? At best, it is an illusion. Therefore, the fairy tales about him are all fabricated by Taoism for the purpose of propaganda, relying on folk rumors and exaggeration. "Tai Ping Guang Ji" also records that Zhang claimed to be Emperor Yao. When Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty asked the warlock "Ye Fashan" Zhang about his origin, Ye Fashan said, "If you dare not speak, you will die." Later, he said, "Zhang Guo is a white bat essence in the beginning of chaos." He fell to the ground dead. After Xuanzong intervened, Zhang Guo saved him.

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According to historical records, it does exist. It turned out to be a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. This person is good at magic, often living in seclusion in Zhongtiaoshan, Hengzhou, between Fenjin and Shanxi. According to folklore, he lived for hundreds of years, so people call him Zhang. It is said that when Emperor Taizong and Tang Gaozong knew about this, they sent messengers to the palace to summon him, but he didn't want to go. In the Wu Zetian period, if you want to be called out of the mountain, you have to play dead halfway to succeed. In the period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzong sent messengers to invite him to the palace and named him "Dr. Yin Lu" and "Mr. Xuan Tong". Later, Xuanzong prepared to betroth his daughter to him. He sang, "Daughter-in-law is fair, and public office is born on the ground. People are gratifying, I am awesome. " In the end, I didn't agree to this marriage. I quit my job and went back to the mountain. I walked halfway and died in Wupu County, Hengshan Mountain. Disciples said that they had become immortals, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered the establishment of qixia temple as a sacrifice in the local area. According to folklore, he often travels around the world on his back, riding an upside-down white donkey, singing Taoist sentiments and persuading people. Later, the famous folk "riding a donkey to read a song book" came from this. The white donkey he rides travels through Wan Li every day and folds up like paper at night and puts it in a box. When riding during the day, spray some water in your mouth and you will be a donkey for a day. Later generations wrote a poem: "How many people in the world are like this old man? Instead of riding backwards, everything looks back. " Zhang's story tells us that when we do anything, we should try our best to think comprehensively, instead of just looking forward and backward.

Zhongtiaoshan is the land of Shanxi.