Shenxian zhuan

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The work Shenxian zhuan ( Chinese  神仙 傳  /  神仙 传 , English Biographies of Divine immortals  - "Reports of gods and immortals") by Ge Hong ( 葛洪 ) is an approx. 320 Daoist hagiography collection . An early print is the edition of the Han Wei congshu 汉魏 丛书 book series .

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  • Gertrud Güntsch: Ko Hung. The Shen-hsien chuan and the appearance of a Hsien. Complete annotated translation of the account of the divine immortals and description of the Hsien in some typical pictures. Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1988, ISBN 3-631-40539-1 ( Würzburger Sino-Japonica 16; also: Würzburg, Univ., Diss., 1987).