Chinese gods

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The Shenxian Zhuan is a description of Chinese gods. The Shenxian Zhuan, sometimes given in translation as the Biographies of the Deities and Immortals, is a hagiography of immortals and description of Chinese gods, partially attributed to the Daoist scholar Ge Hong (283-343).

When

First attested
283 CE
Attested period
283 – 343
Historical notes
Documented by Ge Hong.

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“The Shenxian Zhuan, sometimes given in translation as the Biographies of the Deities and Immortals, is a hagiography of immortals and description of Chinese gods, partially attributed to the Daoist scholar Ge Hong (283-343).”

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