Who knows who carved this little sculpture?

However, Zhang and Zhang are an elderly fairy in the forest, named "Zhang" Because he is the oldest person, people call him "Zhang". Zhang Guo did exist in history, and the old and new Tang books were all rumors. He used to be a folk charlatan, but he was demoted 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.

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Tang Xuanzong summoned him several times to seek eternal life. Tang Xuanzong saw Zhang, who was old and frail. He asked, "Mr. Wang is an enlightened man. Why is he so careless and senile? " Zhang Dui said, "It decays when there is no magic to follow, so it is a shame to become like this. However, if these sparse residual teeth are pulled out today, won't new ones grow? "So he pulled out his sideburns in front of his temples and knocked out his teeth. Xuanzong was a little scared and asked someone to help Zhang to rest. After a while, Zhang returned to the temple. Sure enough, his face was refreshed, his temples were green and his teeth were white. So the dignitaries at that time rushed to worship the secret of rejuvenation, but they were all rejected by him.

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.

Once, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty went hunting and caught a big deer, which was slightly different from ordinary deer. The cook was about to cut the deer when Zhang saw it and stopped it quickly, saying, "This is a fairy deer, which is over 1000 years old. I followed Emperor Wu when he was hunting. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty captured the deer, he later released it. Xuanzong said, "The world is big and there are many deer, but times have changed. How do you know that he is the deer you mentioned? " Zhang Dui said, "When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty released it, he made a sign in the lower left corner with a bronze medal on it." So Xuanzong ordered someone to check. Sure enough, there are two-inch bronze medals, but the handwriting is blurred. Xuanzong asked again, "When did Emperor Wu hunt? How many years have it been? Zhang said, "It has been 852 years." Tang Xuanzong ordered people to check, which is correct.

Zhang Guishan died soon, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty built the Qixia Temple for him. Zhang has a quirk. Riding a white donkey on weekdays, I can go to Wan Li every day. Of course, this donkey is also a "god donkey". It is said that when not riding, he can fold it up and put it in his purse.