"Wind Controller: The Biography of Liezi" is a long biography of Liezi, the Taoist master of the Warring States Period. The work is based on fragments of classics such as "Zhuangzi" and "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" to reconstruct his life from an orphan in the Zheng Dynasty to a master of Taoism: he learned from Nanguo Ziqi in the Tibetan Chamber, practiced in Mengshan and created the fable of "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountain", and established the Xuzhou Hall in Putianze to practice the "Guixu" philosophy, and finally completed the "Chongxu Zhenjing". The whole book is run through with images such as "pottery urn", "cicada shed" and "empty boat". It transforms abstract philosophies such as "conformity with nature" and "quietness and inaction" into vivid scenes such as drought relief and Haoliang debate. It also uses surreal brushwork to describe magical moments such as the appearance of jade slips and the starlight turning into a boat. It runs through the inheritance line from the Han, Wei, Jin, Tang and Song to the contemporary era, and shows the vitality of Taoist thought across time and space.
