Ye Fashan
Ye Fashan ( Chinese 葉 法 善 / 叶 法 善 , W.-G. Yeh Fa-shan ; * 616 (?); † 720 ) was a Taoist miracle worker and necromancer from the time of the Tang Dynasty . He had contacts with the imperial court. He is said to have ascended to heaven on July 12, 720 in broad daylight.
literature
- TH Barrett: Taoism under the T'ang. Religion & Empire during the Golden Age of Chinese history . Wellsweep Press, London 1996, ISBN 0-948454-98-9 .
- Alfredo Cadonna: Il Taoista di sua Maesta. Dodici Episodi da un Manoscritto cinese di Dunhuang . Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina, Venice 1984, ISBN 88-85613-12-8 .
- Russell Kirkland: Taoists of the High T'ang . Dissertation, Indiana University 1986.
- Russell Kirkland: Tales of Thaumaturgy. T'ang Accounts of the Wonder-Worker Yeh Fa-shan . In: Monumenta Serica . Volume 40, 1992, ISSN 0254-9948 , pp. 47-86.
- Russell Kirkland: A World in Balance. Holistic Synthesis in the T'ai-p'ing kuang-chi . In: Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies . Volume 23, 1993.
Web links
- Ye Fashan (631-720) ( Memento from March 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) - English (PDF file; 11 kB)
- A story from Chinese mythology: music and dance from the lunar paradise
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ye, Fashan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 葉 法 善 (traditional Chinese); 叶 法 善 (simplified Chinese); Yeh Fa-shan (Wade-Giles) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Daoist miracle worker and necromancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 616 or 631 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 720 |