Tieguai Li

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Tieguai Li is one of the Eight Immortals who discovers Huayue Sanniang's affair with a mortal and reports it to the Jade Emperor, leading to her imprisonment. Feeling guilty for his role in her punishment, he later accepts her son Chenxiang as his disciple and helps him rescue his mother by guiding him to grow from a child into a fifteen-year-old youth.

When

First attested
1700 CE
Attested period
1700 – 2020
Historical notes
In some versions replaced by Lü Dongbin as Chenxiang's teacher, as seen in 18th-century Chenxiang Treasure Scroll.

Relationships

serves
Jade Emperor
teacher of
Liu Chenxiang
allied with
Liu Chenxiang

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Sources

wikipedia (1)

Source passages

“Tieguai Li, one of the Eight Immortals, stumbles upon the revelation of Huayue Sanniang's affair with a mortal and reports it to the Jade Emperor...Feeling guilty, Tieguai Li accepts Chenxiang as his disciple”

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