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    Baopuzi (simplified Chinese: 抱朴子; traditional Chinese: 抱樸子) is a literary work written by Ge Hong (AD 283–343), (Chinese: 葛洪; Wade–Giles: Ko Hung), a...
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    Eastern Jin dynasty. He was the author of Essays on Chinese Characters, the Baopuzi, the Emergency Formulae at an Elbow's Length, among others. He was the...
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    Yaojiu (堯韭, "Yao's leek; calamus") (Bokenkamp 2015: 295). Ge Hong's c. 318 Baopuzi (Master Who Embraces Simplicity) mentions Han Zhong (韓終) twice and medical...
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  • (283-343 CE) immortalized pu in his pen name Baopuzi "Master who Embraces Simplicity" and eponymous book Baopuzi. Pu can be written with either of the variant...
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  • Li A (section Baopuzi)
    the 317 Baopuzi ("[Book of the] Master Who Embraces Simplicity") and the later Shenxian Zhuan ("Traditions of Divine Transcendents"). The Baopuzi description...
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    and floating goblins" [飛尸流凶]. The "Inner Chapters" of the (c. 320 CE) Baopuzi, written by the Jin Dynasty Daoist scholar Ge Hong, is the earliest source...
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    meditation on inner deities. The Jin Dynasty scholar Ge Hong's (c. 320) Baopuzi "Master who Embraces Simplicity", which is an invaluable source for early...
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  • Feilong (section Baopuzi)
    of the phoenix or the ascension of the dragon. The (c. 320 CE) Daoist Baopuzi by Ge Hong mentions Feilong 飛龍 "flying dragon" and uses it as a graphic...
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    helicopter." The Jin dynasty Daoist philosopher Ge Hong's (c. 317) book Baopuzi (抱樸子 "Master Who Embraces Simplicity") mentioned a flying vehicle in what...
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    says xiúzhī (苬芝) is a copyist's error for junzhi (菌芝, "mushrooms", see Baopuzi below), which is another synonym of lingzhi. The 121 CE Shuowen jiezi (Plant...
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