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Chinese alchemy (煉丹術 liàndānshù "method for refining cinnabar") is a historical Chinese approach to alchemy. According to original texts such as the Cantong qi , the body is understood as the focus of cosmological processes summarized in the five agents of change, or Wuxing , the observation and cultivation of which leads the ...
An alchemist is a person versed in the art of alchemy. Western alchemy flourished in Greco-Roman Egypt, the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, and then in Europe from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Indian alchemists and Chinese alchemists made contributions to Eastern varieties of the art. Alchemy is still practiced today by a few, and ...
Sima Tan – Chinese astrologer and historian (c. 165–110 BCE) Simon Magus – Religious figure who confronted Peter [10] [11] Synesius – Ancient Greek bishop and alchemist; Theoris of Lemnos – 4th-century BC Greek woman; Wei Boyang – Chinese alchemist and writer; Witch of Endor – Biblical sorceress; Xu Fu – Chinese alchemist and ...
Xu Fu (Hsu Fu; Chinese: 徐福 or 徐巿 [1]; pinyin: Xú Fú; Wade–Giles: Hsu 2 Fu 2; Japanese: 徐福 Jofuku or 徐巿 Jofutsu; Korean: 서복 Seo Bok or 서불 Seo Bul) was a Chinese alchemist and explorer. He was born in 255 BC in Qi, an ancient Chinese state, and disappeared at sea in 210
Pages in category "Chinese alchemists" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bao Gu; F.
The Liexian Zhuan, sometimes translated as Biographies of Immortals, is the oldest extant Chinese hagiography of Daoist xian "transcendents; immortals; saints; alchemists". ". The text, which compiles the life stories of about 70 mythological and historical xian, was traditionally attributed to the Western Han dynasty editor and imperial librarian Liu Xiang (77–8 BCE), but internal evidence ...
Ge Hong was born near Jurong county in AD 283, as the third son into a well-established family originally from Eastern Wu. His ancestor Ge Xi (葛奚) once served in the high ranking position of Dahonglu (大鸿胪) in Eastern Wu. His great-uncle was Ge Xuan (葛玄) (also known as Ge Xianweng), an alchemist during the Three Kingdoms period.
The Chinese historian Yu Ying-shi concludes that "as a general term, fang-shih may be translated 'religious Taoists' or 'popular Taoists,' since all such arts were later incorporated in the Taoist religion. [10] Only in specific cases depending on contexts, should the term be translated 'magicians,' 'alchemists,' or 'immortalists.'"