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Zhang Guolao
One of the Eight Taoist Immortals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about one of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao. Not to be confused with a god named Zhang Xian, with the second character meaning immortal.
Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. Among the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, Zhongli Quan and Lü Yan were real historical figures.[contradictory] His existence is said to have begun around the middle or end of the 7th century, and ended approximately in the middle of the 8th. The epithet "Lao" added at the end of his name means "old".[1]
Quick Facts Zhang Guolao 張果老, Chinese name ...
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![]() Zhang Lu's painting of Zhang Guolao, early 16th century | |||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 張果老 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张果老 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Old Zhang Guo | ||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese | Trương Quả Lão | ||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 張果 | ||||||||||||||
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