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Immortal Han Xiang

Stories about immortal named Han Xiang narrate mostly on his own relationship with the uncle, whose name was Han Yu, thinker and writer. Han Yu was konfutsiantsem-rationalist, and did not believe any of the Buddhist, nor daosskie miracles. His nephew, Han Xiang is the complete opposite uncle: from the birth of the boy had deposits future immortal. Sooner увлекшись alchemy, he was then strongly disciple and follower Chzhunli Tsyuanya and Lyuy Dunbinya. Reported that Han Xiang attained immortality in the paradoxical circumstances. Once again, trying to climb to the sacred tree in search of peaches of immortality, he fell and crashed. At the same time Han Xiang turned into an immortal.
Key legend Han Syane devoted to demonstrating the superiority of daosov over konfutsiantsami. All that he predicted exactly come true. Once, during a drought of his uncle, Han Yu, unsuccessfully attempted to call on the behest of the sovereign rain. Then, Han Xiang, taking shape daosa caused rain and snow, leaving the estate of his uncle specifically rain.
On another occasion in Peeroo from Uncle Han Xiang filled basin land and grow in front of the guests of two beautiful flowers, which were visible gold characters, forming a couplet: «a cloud over the ridge Tsinlin pregradili way, where is the home and family? Snow zamel pass Languan, the horse is not moving forward ». The meaning of these lines of Han Yu realized later, when fallen into disgrace with the sovereign, and was sent into exile to the south. Reached the ridge Tsinlin, he hit the snowstorm, and appeared in the guise of daosa Han Xiang reminded him of the prophetic verses. There, in the midst of the mountains, the nephew of the whole night talking about uncle daosskih sacraments, proving the superiority of its teachings. At the farewell Han Xiang gave Han Yuyu flask of pumpkin-gorlyanki with pilyulyami malaria and disappeared forever.
Han Xiang usually depicted with a basket of flowers in their hands. Over time, he was esteemed as the patron of gardeners.

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