Lu Gong collected medicinal herbs in the Taihang Mountains, Lu Gong used to collect medicinal herbs in the Taihang mountains. He met 3 people with the


Lu Gong collected medicinal herbs in the Taihang Mountains, Lu Gong used to collect medicinal herbs in the Taihang mountains. He met 3 people with the same name as himself, on checking the genealogies, he discovered that they were distant ancestors whom had achieved immortality. Thereupon, he took his grandson and granddaughter with him to the mountain and they didn't return for 200 years. Image taken from Daoist/Taoist folding album, A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Originally published/produced in China, 1750.


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