Shenxian zhuan

The Shenxian zhuan (simplified Chinese: 神仙传; traditional Chinese: 神仙傳; pinyin: Shénxiān zhuàn; Wade–Giles: Shen-hsien chuan; literally: "Biographies of Divine Transcendents") is a hagiography of xian "transcendents; immortals", partially attributed to the Daoist scholar Ge Hong (283-343). In the history of Chinese literature, the Shenxian zhuan followed the Liexian Zhuan "Biographies of Arranged Transcendents", attributed to the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang (79-8 BCE).

Shenxian zhuan

The Shenxian zhuan (simplified Chinese: 神仙传; traditional Chinese: 神仙傳; pinyin: Shénxiān zhuàn; Wade–Giles: Shen-hsien chuan; literally: "Biographies of Divine Transcendents") is a hagiography of xian "transcendents; immortals", partially attributed to the Daoist scholar Ge Hong (283-343). In the history of Chinese literature, the Shenxian zhuan followed the Liexian Zhuan "Biographies of Arranged Transcendents", attributed to the Confucian scholar Liu Xiang (79-8 BCE).