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

There are many sayings about the Eight Immortals, including the Eight Immortals in Han Dynasty (Huainan Eight Immortals) and the Eight Immortals in Tang Dynasty (Drinking Eight Immortals and Shu Eight Immortals). It was not until the Song and Yuan Dynasties that the current Eight Immortals were gradually formed, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that Wu Yuantai initially shaped the Eight Immortals in the Eight Immortals' Travel Notes to the East. That is, it is the first in folklore. Some books call him Li, Minghong and Xia Dynasty, while Lu Xun's A Brief History of Chinese Novels says that he is Li, whose name is Xuan. Zhao Yi's Yu Cong Kao also said that his surname was Liu. It is said that he was a man between Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Dali, and he studied Taoism in Zhong Nanshan. As soon as Yuan Shen came out of his shell, he never imagined that his body would be eaten by a tiger, so he had to dedicate himself to a lame beggar. According to "Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties", her handsome husband, who is good at Taoism, will lead to the derivation of Shen Yuan's magic and practice it 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. Suddenly she saw a hungry ghost nearby and said with a brainwave, ". That is, from a hungry forehead, he became an ugly man with a hairy beard, a black face and huge eyes, and a lame right foot. It seems that he is a Taoist immortal, and everything is attached. Han Zhong was born in Xianyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father Zhong was a general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his brother Zhong was a corps commander. Later, he became a fairy. There was indeed a man named in the Tang Dynasty, and his three quatrains were all recorded in the Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty. There is a biography: Xianyang people met an old man and were enchanted. When they met a real person in Huayang, they went to find Wang, a fairy, preached in Kongtong Mountain, called themselves Mr., and then went to find a fairy. The poem he left in the world is called "Three quatrains to avoid Chang 'an Restaurant". In the poem, he often sits and lies with a pot of wine, without teaching his eyes to know the imperial city. "It's not easy to get the word, when will you go home?" And so on, but also quite some fairy flavor. He should be a good man. Lv Dongbin is one of the most widely circulated immortal figures of the Eight Immortals. The surname is Lu, and the word Dong Bin. One said it was the imperial clan of the Tang Dynasty, surnamed Li, and Wu Zetian slaughtered the descendants of Tangmen, so he took his wife to live in seclusion between Bishui Danshan and changed his surname to Lu. They are named rocks because they often live under rocks. He often lived in a cave, so he was named Dong Bin. It is also said that he was the grandson of Lu Wei, assistant minister of rites in Tang Dynasty, and he turned to learning Tao because of his many official careers. Chen Tuan Biography of the Song Dynasty recorded Lv Yan as a "hermit in Kansai, with swordsmanship, over 100 years old. Walking lightly, in a blink of an eye, hundreds of miles, several times faster, "is a capable monk. The Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty contains more than 200 of his poems. Taoism and folk call them "Sword Immortal", "Brewmaster" and "Poet Immortal". Zhang, Zhang, is an old fairy named "Zhang Guo". Because he is the oldest person, people call him "Zhang". Biography of old and new books in Tang Dynasty. He was originally a folk charlatan, and was passed down as a fairy because of folklore. He said that when he was born in Yao, he lived in seclusion in Zhongtiaoshan. Everyone says he has the secret of immortality. Wu Zetian sent messengers to summon him, but Zhang pretended not to go. But soon someone saw him in the mountains of Hengshan. He Xiangu, formerly known as He Xiugu, was born on the seventh day of February in China. Her father runs a tofu mill, and she has been his helper since childhood. When she was thirteen or fourteen, she went to play in the wild and met Zhang, who was traveling in the clouds. Sanxian gave her peaches, jujubes and mica flakes. From then on, she never felt hungry again, but she could also predict the future and know people's fortune. The villagers built a small building for her and asked her to live there. People often come here to ask her for fortune telling. Gradually, He Xiugu's name became He Xiangu. Lan Caihe's seclusion in Tang Dynasty. It was first seen in Shen Fen's Biography of Immortals in the Southern Tang Dynasty. I often wear a blue shirt, a pair of boots and a pair of shoes. I wear wadding in summer, and I lie in the snow in winter, breathing hot air. Lan Cai He often sings begging in the city, holding a big castanet more than three feet long, which seems to be drunk, and the world can be geometric. A beautiful face is a tree in spring, and the flying shuttle is cast in the fleeting time, which is the meaning of immortals. After Zhong Liquan got his degree, he went to travel in the clouds. Han Xiangzi Tang Dynasty Han Yu's nephew. He has a bohemian nature, so he has to drink. He was handed down from generation to generation as an immortal figure. When he went to visit relatives in Charlotte at the age of 20, he praised the mountains and rivers there and never came back. He hasn't heard from me for over 20 years. During the Tang Yuanhe period, he suddenly returned to Chang 'an, dressed in rags and acting strangely. Han Yu asked him to go to school to study with the students, but Han Xiangzi didn't say a word when discussing with the students. He only gambles with servants, sleeps in the stable for three or five days when he is drunk, or sleeps on the street. Han Yu was very worried and asked him, "Everyone has his own strengths, even vendors have their own skills. What can I do in the future? " Han Xiangzi said, "I also have a skill. You just don't know. " Han Yu asked, "What can you do?" At that time, it was early winter, which made peony bloom in several colors. It tasted like a pot covered with soil and blossomed in an instant. Cao Guojiu is the younger brother of Empress Cao. There is a legend in the history of Song Dynasty, Cao Shu, the word Gong Bo, the grandson of Cao Bin, and 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. The Eight Immortals represent various images of men, women and children, wealth, poverty, beauty and ugliness, good and evil. In addition, talk about the difference between "god" and "fairy": there is no difference between these two words. God refers to the stratum with special positions in heaven, which are usually granted by the emperors on the earth; Immortals are mostly cultivated by people (celebrities or rich people) and often have no special positions.

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