The_Story_of_Han_Xiangzi

<i>The Story of Han Xiangzi</i>

The Story of Han Xiangzi

Chinese Daoist novel

The Story of Han Xiangzi (韓湘子全傳) is a 17th-century Chinese novel written by Yang Erzeng [zh] (楊爾曾). It is written in vernacular Chinese. The protagonist is Han Xiangzi, one of the Eight Immortals. The novel was written with a clear Daoist message.

A page from a critical commentary edition, from the Harvard University

The novel has been translated in full to English by Philip Clart.

References

  • Yang Erzeng (2007). The Story of Han Xiangzi: The Alchemical Adventures of a Daoist Immortal. Translated by Philip Clart. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-98690-5.
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