Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Fangshi "is an elusive term that defies a consistent translation" [11] There is general agreement that the shi in fangshi 方士 means "master; gentleman; trained specialist" (cf. Daoshi 道士 "Daoist priest; diviner"), but considerable disagreement about the meaning of fang. The etymology of fangshi is "subject to various interpretations ...
Buddhism, Celestial Masters and fangshi all contributed to the religious canon of Lingbao. [46] Celestial Master petitions to divinities were copied by the canon of the Lingbao and fangshi rites were also copied by them. [47] Sichuan was the origin of the Celestial Masters. [48] Different beliefs were held by the different groups of Daoists. [49]
Laufer's interpretation takes fang to mean fangshi 方士 "alchemist; doctor; exorcist" and xiang to mean rénxiàng 人相 "look at and appraise; practice physiognomy". Bodde's translation "he who scrutinizes for evil spirits in many directions" [ 3 ] is based upon taking fang as meaning sifang "four/all directions" and taking xiang in its ...
On the other hand, there were the fangshi (方士 "masters of directions"), ritual masters who formulated what would have been called the "Huang–Lao" proto-Taoist religious movement, who presented themselves as the continuators of the traditions of the erstwhile kingdoms, and who emphasised the worship of local deities integrated into a ...
Dongfang Shuo (Chinese: 東方朔, c. 160 BCE – c. 93 BCE) was a Han dynasty scholar-official, fangshi ("master of esoterica"), author, and court jester to Emperor Wu (r. 141 – 87 BCE). In Chinese mythology , Dongfang is considered a Daoist xian ("transcendent; immortal") and the spirit of Venus who incarnated as a series of ancient ...
Han Zhong (韓終 or 韓眾) was a Qin dynasty (221 BCE-206 BCE) herbalist fangshi ("Method Master") and Daoist xian ("Transcendent; 'Immortal'"). In Chinese history, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, commissioned Han in 215 BCE to lead a maritime expedition in search of the elixir of life, yet he never returned, which subsequently led to the infamous burning of books and burying of ...
These, in addition to the inflationary pressures on labor and material costs, could mean higher bills for the consumer,” Turkin said. Joe Camberato, CEO of NationalBusinessCapital.com, ...
The first emperor to die from elixir poisoning was likely Qin Shi Huang (d. 210 BCE) and the last was the Yongzheng Emperor (d. 1735 CE). Despite common knowledge that immortality potions could be deadly, fangshi and Daoist alchemists continued the elixir-making practice for two millennia.