It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Wu Yuantai's Journey to the East was defined as (Li Xuan), Han Zhongli (Zhong Liquan), Zhang (Zhang Guo), Lv Dongbin (Lv Yan), He Xiangu (He Qiong), Lan Caihe (Xu Jian), Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu (Cao Jingxiu). According to the textual research of Huaxuan laity, the Eight Immortals Theory began in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty at the invitation of Tie Guai Li. After that, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and showed their magical powers.
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Other versions of the Eight Immortals
1. The Eight Immortals of Taoism in China folklore.
It can be found in the records of people in the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and their images are also found in Yuan Zaju, but their names are not fixed.
The characters in Wu Yuantai's The Journey to the West are Zhang, Lan Caihe, He Xiangu, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu.
See Textual Research on Pujiang in Qing Dynasty by Eight Immortals.
2. Refers to Rong Chenggong, Li Er, Dong Zhongshu, Zhang Daoling, Zhuang Junping, Li Babai, Fan Changsheng and Mr. Jules.
[Gold] Xiu Xiu's "Ji Shu" thinks that eight people in Shu became immortals.
3. Li Bai, He, Li, Ruyang, Cui Zongzhi, Zhang Xu, Jiao Sui.
Eight people all like drinking and writing poems, and they are called "Eight Immortals in Wine". See Biography of Li Bai in the New Tang Dynasty. Don? Du Fu wrote the Eight Immortals while drinking.
4. It refers to the eight most famous customers of Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, namely Su Fei, Li Shang, Zuo Wu, Tianyou, Baylor, Maobei, Wu Bei and Jinchang.
According to legend, Liu An and other eight people became immortals after taking the elixir. Therefore, later generations called these eight men "Eight Heroes" or "Eight Immortals".
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