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ID: 901000036 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000036 | Record Type: Religion/Mythology/Legend |
Baxian (Taoist characters) | ||
Note: Legendary heterogeneous group of holy Taoists, each of whom earned the right to immortality and had free access to the Peach Festival of Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West. Though unacquainted in real life, the eight are frequently depicted as a group, bearing gifts, for instance, to Shouxing, god of longevity, to safeguard their immortality. | |
Baxian (Taoist characters) (preferred,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,D,N) | |
Ba Xian (Taoist characters) (Chinese (transliterated)-P,U,N) | |
Ba Xian (Taoist characters) (English,U,N) | |
Eight Immortals (Taoist characters) (t,English,U,N) | |
Pa Hsien (Taoist characters) (Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),U,N) | |
八仙 (Taoist characters) (Chinese,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Taoist iconography> (P) | ||
........<Taoist characters> (P) | ||
............Baxian (Taoist characters) (I) | ||
role/characteristic is .... legendary characters | |
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
culture/religion is .... Taoist | |
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT) |
Baxian (Taoist characters) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Baxian," accessed 21 October 2010 | |
Ba Xian (Taoist characters) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 90005412 | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
Eight Immortals (Taoist characters) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Heaven," accessed 21 October 2010 | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
Pa Hsien (Taoist characters) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) | |
八仙 (Taoist characters) | |
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Heaven," and "Baxian," accessed 21 October 2010 | |
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals#/media/File:Chinese_-_The_Eight_Immortals_-_Walters_3535.jpg | |
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