Who is the prototype of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea?

The story of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, each displaying his magical powers" has been circulated for hundreds of years, but people's minds are always full of questions: Are the Eight Immortals fictional characters or real people? After years of research, scholars have found that "Eight Immortals" are actually some characters in simulated history, and they have real prototypes.

Tie Guai Li

In Tie Guai Li's folklore, he is the leader of the Eight Immortals. Some books call him Li, Minghong, a native of Sui and Tang Dynasties. Lu Xun's teacher "A Brief History of Chinese Novels" said that his surname was Li and his name was Xuan. Zhao Yi's Yu Cong Kao also said that his surname was Liu. According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, Kaiyuan lived in Dali from generation to generation and studied under Zhong Nanshan. Once, Shen Yuan came out of his shell and never thought that the meat would be eaten by a tiger, so he had to dedicate himself to a lame beggar. He claimed that his former handsome husband was good at Taoism and could export Shen Yuan's magical power and practice in Dangshan Cave. Once, at the invitation of Laozi, he performed the magic of "God comes out of the shell" and went to Huashan thousands of miles away. A few days later, he came back and found that his meat had been burned by his apprentice by mistake. Suddenly, he saw a hungry man nearby. He had a brainwave and said. It was an ugly man who entered from a hungry forehead and turned into a bunch of tendrils, black face and huge eyes, and his right foot was limping. It seems to be a Taoist immortal passed down by word of mouth among the people.

Zhong Liquan

In the Eight Immortals, Zhong Liquan is second only to Tie Guai Li in fame. He has a high position among the Eight Immortals, especially because he is praised by Taoism, and his reputation is even greater. In the Yuan Dynasty, Jin Zhendao was honored as the "father of Zhengyang". Its character prototype appeared in the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty. His deeds are recorded in books such as Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties and Chronicle of Xuanhe. But it was later wrongly attributed to Jong Li of the Han Dynasty and attached to the Han Dynasty. , "Records" and other books say that Li Mingzhong, Daoji, Yunfangzi, Zhengyangzi. A native of Xianyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, his father Zhong was a general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his brother Zhong Li was a corps commander and later became an immortal. There was indeed a man named Tang Dynasty. There are three quatrains recorded in the History of Song Dynasty. It is said: "Xianyang people meet old friends, meet real people in Huayang, and the court is king, crossing the Kongtong Mountain, and the court is a teacher." His poem is called "A Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties", and there are some sentences in it, such as "Sit down with a pot of wine, don't teach your eyes about the Imperial City" and "True immortals are hard to meet, so you can go home as you wish". There are also some "fairy flavors", so you should be a virtuous man.

Zhang (surname)

The old fairy in Zhang was honored as Zhang because he was the tallest in the Middle Ages. Zhang Guo is actually a person in history. It was recorded as "Guangzong Ren Ye Zhou Xing" in the "A General Examination of Continued Documents" in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, and the old and new stories spread in the period of "All Tang Poems". In the 21st year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Ji, the secretariat of Hengzhou, reported this anecdote to the emperor. When Xuanzong called him, Zhang Guo pretended to be dead again, and it took a long time to wake up. The messenger dared not move forward. Xuanzong heard about it and sent Xu Jiao to invite him. Zhang Guo must go to Beijing. It is said that Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was suspicious of his rumors. He once asked Xing Hepu, who was good at calculating the good and evil of his young life, to tell Zhang's fortune, but Xing Hepu knew nothing about Zhang Jiazi and had a "luminous" teacher who was good at ghosts and gods. Xuanzong asked him to see Zhang Guo, but he asked, "Where is Zhang Guo?" You can't see it from the opposite side. I remember Zhang who called himself Emperor Yao. Ask the warlock "Ye Fashan" Zhang about his life experience. Ye Fashan said: "I dare not say, but I will die." Later, he said, "Zhang Guo is the white bat essence in the early days of chaos." After his death, Zhang Guo saved him through the mediation of Xuanzong.

Lv Dongbin

Lv Dongbin is the most popular story of the Eight Immortals. In Taoism, Quanzhen Taoism regards him as "the father of pure yang", also known as "Lv Zu". Lv Dongbin, a middle-aged man in Zhou Pu. Original name, word Dong Bin, word line, road name, road name is another name of the respondent. Lv Dongbin is the founder of the mainstream Quanzhen religion in the world, a famous fairy in China legend and one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism. It plays an extremely important role in Taoism and folk beliefs. The collection of poems includes On Chang 'an Restaurant. Luo Dajing's Zhang Guo of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, Hong Mai's Book of Tang Dynasty and Taiping Guangji all recorded it. Tang Xiantong and Zhong Ji served as two county magistrates. It is said that he is from Jiujiang. He was originally an imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, and his surname was Li. In order to avoid the disaster of the marquis of Wu, he changed his surname to Lu. His name is Shao Guang. He hasn't ranked in the examination field for more than 20 years, so he traveled around the world and was inspired by Zhong Liquan. He is one of the most humane Eight Immortals. He is handsome and funny. He helps people get rid of violence and peace, kill monsters and enjoy wine and lust. There are many legends about the golden Tang poems in the world. His legend is very complicated, but it can also be seen that he was a scholar who longed for Taoism in the Tang Dynasty and was later deified into a fairy. Up to now, there is still the Lvjiashan Lvzu Temple built by Yuan Keli, the minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, as a sacrifice to Lv Dongbin in Sui County, Henan Province.

he xian gu

She is the only female of the Eight Immortals in He Xiangu, and there are different opinions about her life experience. One said she was from the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of Song Dynasty, the ci school quoted He Lu as the peasant woman He Erniang who weaves shoes. Later, because the family was too stuffy, I swam in Luofu Mountain, lived in a mountain temple, and often collected mountain fruits for the monks in the temple to eat. Once, a monk from Zhouxunshan Temple, 400 miles away, came to Luofushan Temple and said that one day a fairy went to Bishan to pick bayberries. After investigation, it happened to be the day when Ernian picked the fruit. Besides, everyone doesn't know where Er Nian picked so many mountain fruits, so everyone thinks Er Nian is a fairy who picked fruits from Zhou Xun Mountain Temple. From then on, Ernian became famous and no longer lived in the mountain temple. He Xiangu was born in the Tang Dynasty in Zengcheng County, Guangdong Province. When he was born, there were six lights on his head and a pair of "immortals". At the age of thirteen, he met a Taoist priest in the mountains and ate a peach given by the Taoist priest. From then on, he was never hungry or thirsty, his body was as light as a fly, and he could foresee the ups and downs of life. Later, she was called to Beijing and left halfway. One said she was from the Song Dynasty. Some scholars' notes in the Song Dynasty called her a native of Yongzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty, while others said that she would become immortal by eating peaches when she met an alien. It is said that she eats grass in the countryside, and when she meets strangers, she gives them dates, which makes her immortal. In the notes of poets in the Song Dynasty, some stories about He Xiangu's divination and prediction of good and bad luck were recorded. At that time, scholars and curious people competed there for divination.

Lan Caihe

In the Eight Immortals, there was a cynical and seemingly crazy beggar named Lan Caihe. His stories are included in Jane Yizhi, Biography of Ji Xian in the early Song Dynasty and three plays by Lu You. He was from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties. 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 is even more unusual is that he wears cotton-padded clothes in summer, but lies in the snow in winter. Usually holding a big bangzi more than three feet high in his hand, begging along the street with bamboo boards. He sang many songs, mostly from the scene, which not only made the world feel unfathomable, but also quite immortal. A cloud said, "Walking by the blue river, how can the world be geometric?" A tree is beautiful in spring and fleeting. The ancient gangsters are gone forever, and more people come today. Ride a couple to Bibo, and watch Sang Tian give birth to Bai Bo at dusk. Changjing Minghui is in the sky, and the gold and silver palace is high. " His behavior is

Cao Guojiu, who ranked last among the Eight Immortals, appeared last and had few fairy tales. His life experience is similar to that of Empress Cao. You Chuan, Cao Shu, whose real name is Gong Bo, is the grandson of Cao Bin and the younger brother of Queen Cao. He is gentle, knows melody and loves to write poems. He was made king of Jiyang County. He went through several dynasties and was smooth sailing. He is 72 years old. Yun: It's nine days of purity and kindness. He doesn't like wealth, but he loves immortality. His younger brother is arrogant and lawless, relying on the situation and acting rashly. Cao Guojiu was deeply ashamed of his evil deeds, so he went to the mountains to practice. When I met Zhong Liquan and Lv Dongbin, I took him as an apprentice, and soon Cao Guojiu became a fairy road. Cao Guojiu described it as above.