xian
deity sky Taoist single tradition · 3
Xian is translated as "transcendent; immortal; saint; celestial being; alchemist".
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Venerated from ancient times to the modern day.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- yuren, fox gods, Yellow Emperor, Zhenren
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“xian 仙 "transcendent; immortal; saint; celestial being; alchemist"”
#21638 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“It defines 眞 as "A xian (Taoist "transcendent; immortal") transforming shape and ascending into Heaven" (僊人變形而登天也), and interprets 眞 as an ideogram with 匕 "upside-down person", 目 "eye", and ∟ "conceal" representing the xian plus 八 representing the conveyance.”
#21933 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001