Lü Dongbin
Lü Dongbin is one of the Eight Immortals. He helped a merchant hit Guanyin's hair with some silver.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 1300 CE
- Attested period
- 1300 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Lü Dongbin is outranked by Xuanwu in terms of divinity and dates back less far in history.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Xuanwu, Iron-Crutch Li, He Xiangu, Bai Mudan, Huayue Sanniang, Huashan Erlang, Xianglong Luohan, Tieguai Li, Guanyin, Chen Jinggu, white demon snake, Jade Emperor
- enemy of
- Huanglong
- consort of
- White Peony
- teacher of
- Liu Chenxiang
- allied with
- Liu Chenxiang
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Eventually one of the Eight Immortals, Lü Dongbin, helped a merchant hit her hair with some silver.”
#21153 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“which is said to have belonged to Lü Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. Another legend says that he borrowed the sword from Lü Dongbin to subdue a strong demon, and after being successful, he refused to bring it back”
#21861 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“A Summary of Bai Mudan (White Peony) misadventure with Lü Dongbin story Peter Lovrik & Wang-Ngai Siu. Chinese Opera: Images and Stories a synopsis for Chinese "Lü Dongbin san xi Bai Mudan" (Lü Dongbin three trick on White Peony)”
#29490 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In this particular scroll, it is not Tieguai Li but Lü Dongbin who accepts Chenxiang as his disciple. Lü Dongbin gives Chenxiang a sword to fight against Erlang...Lü Dongbin comes to his rescue just in time.”
#29606 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5