Tao Hongjing is known as the "Prime Minister in the Mountain".
Tao Hongjing was born as a world doctor, and both his grandfather and father studied medicine and had martial arts. He was smart since childhood, and when he was about ten years old, he read Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals, which was deeply influenced. At the age of thirty-six, he resigned and lived in seclusion in Jurong Maoshan, and traveled all the famous mountains to seek fairy medicine.
At that time, he was deeply trusted by Liang Wudi Xiao Yan. Although he was repeatedly given an official position by Liang Wudi, Liang Wudi had to consult him about national affairs, so people called him "Prime Minister in the Mountain".
Extended information:
Tao Hongjing, with a clear word, was named Mr. Seclusion or Huayang Seclusion, and after his death, Mr. Yi Zhenbai was born in Liling, Danyang (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). Tao lived in the Southern Dynasties and experienced the Song, Qi and Liang Dynasties. He was an influential figure at that time, a naturalist, and made great contributions to materia medica.
according to statistics, there are 7 or 8 kinds of works, and there are still some surviving works, such as Zhen Gao, Tai Xuanzhen's International Classics and Taoist Products, the map of the true spiritual position, the secret tactics of climbing the truth, the 11 sides after elbow, and the Notes on Materia Medica Classics.
Tao's Herbal Medicine for Seclusion, General Tactics of Medicine, Guide to Health Preservation, Record of Nourishing Nature and Prolonging Life, Festival of Various Methods of Hedan Medicine, Collection of Golden and Yellow Prescriptions, and Collection of Taiqing Zhudan; As well as "Tianwen Star Calculation", "Emperor's Calendar" and "Huayang Tao's Hermitage Collection".
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