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dixian 地仙

deity mountain Taoist single tradition · 2

These are "earthbound transcendents" who wander in the mountains. Ge Hong ranked them as one of the three categories of transcendents.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
200 CE
Attested period
400 – 1600
Historical notes
Mentioned in Ge Hong's Baopuzi.

Relationships

co occurs with
Dìxià zhǔ, Dìshàng zhǔ zhě, Zhì dì jūn, shijiexian 尸解仙, Tiānxiān, tianxian 天仙

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Shenxian Zhuan
  2. Xian (Taoism)

Source passages

“In the Baopuzi, Ge Hong ranked shijiexian 尸解仙 "escape by means of a simulated corpse transcendents" as the lowest of three categories, below tianxian 天仙 "celestial transcendents" who ascend into the heavens and dixian 地仙 "earthbound transcendents" who wander in the mountains.”

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