Legendary Novels of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: Biography of Immortals
by Ge Hong
About This Novel
"The Legend of Immortals" is a collection of ancient supernatural novels written by Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The book contains the deeds of dozens of immortals in ancient Chinese legends. The works are famous for their rich imagination and vivid narratives. This book is worth reading for readers interested in such topics. There are many stories in "The Legend of Immortals", so it is quite long. Most of the storylines are complex, strange and vivid. For example, "The Biography of Luan Ba" tells the story of the immortal Luan Ba who eliminates harm for the people. In the middle, it tells the story of a temple ghost who turned into a scholar and deceived the prefect into giving him a daughter. When Luan Ba saw this, he tried to drive it away, causing the temple ghost to appear as an old raccoon dog. The story depicts the magical power of Taoism with vivid plots. Although there are few words, it creates a positive image of eliminating harm for the people. This book records the stories of eighty-five immortals in ancient legends, and is generally written after the "Biography of Immortals". Two of them, Rong Chenggong and Peng Zu, appear again in "Biography of Immortals". Many of the characters are not Taoist priests, but they were all "invited" by Ge Hong into the biography. Although the stories are bizarre, many of them are often cited in health-preserving literature of later generations; some of the contents are also of reference significance for the study of ancient Chinese health-preserving academics.
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