Lü Dongbin
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Lü Dongbin was a Daoist scholar and poet who lived during the Tang dynasty in China, and whose lifetime supposedly spanned two hundred and twenty years. Elevated to the status of an immortal in the Ch
Zhang Lu's painting of Lü Dongbin, early 16th century
Yongle Gong, the main shrine to Lü and his burial place
The Immortal Lü Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion, Yuan dynasty.
The Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin crossing Lake Dongting, dated to the Song dynasty
Zhongli Quan
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Zhongli Quan, courtesy name Jidao, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. He is also known as Han Zhongli because he was said to have been born in the
Lü Dongbin
…Soon he was ruined by officialdom, abandoned his official position and retired to the mountains. Once he went to a Chang'an wine store, met the real Zhongli Quan (鍾離權), passed ten trials, and Quan taught him the way to create the Golden pill; consequently he learned the way and became an immortal. Legend has it…
Zhang Lu's painting of Zhongli Quan, early 16th century
The painting Zhongli Quan Seeking the Dao, 15th century
Porcelain figure of Zhongli Quan decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, Wanli period (1573–1620), Ming dynasty, Hallwyl Museum, Sweden