神仙传

神仙傳
Shénxiānzhuàn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Biographies of Divine Immortals, Ge Hong's Jin-dynasty collection of the lives of Daoist immortals

Examples

HSK 1
《 Shénxiānzhuàn 》 shì Dōngjìn Gě Hóng xiě de yì běn shū.
Biographies of Divine Immortals is a book by Ge Hong of the Eastern Jin.
HSK 7-9
" Cānghǎi-sāngtián " de gùshi zuì zǎo jiànyú 《 Shénxiānzhuàn 》.
The story behind 'seas turning into mulberry fields' first appears in Biographies of Divine Immortals.

Tips

culture
Each life is cited by name after a dot. 《神仙传·麻姑》 tells of the immortal Magu, who had seen the Eastern Sea turn into mulberry fields three times; another life tells of the physician 董奉 and his grove of apricot trees.

Stroke Order

神 shén
仙 xiān
传 chuán