Han Zhong
Han Zhong may refer to: * Han Zhong (Daoist) (韓終, fl. 215 BCE), Qin dynasty Transcendent and herbalist *Han Zhong (韓忠, d. 184 CE), Han Dynasty rebel leader during the Yellow Turban Rebellion *Hanzhong Hanzhong (; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gansu to the west. The founder of the Han dynasty, Liu Bang, was once enfeoffed as th ...

Han Zhong (Daoist)
''Han Zhong'' (韓終 or 韓眾) was a Qin dynasty (221 BCE-206 BCE) Chinese herbology, herbalist ''fangshi'' ("Method Master") and Daoist Xian (Taoism), ''xian'' ("Transcendent; 'Immortal'"). In Chinese history, Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, commissioned Han in 215 BCE to lead a maritime expedition in search of the Qin Shi Huang#Elixir of life, elixir of life, yet he never returned, which subsequently led to the infamous burning of books and burying of scholars. In Daoist tradition, after Han Zhong consumed the psychoactive drug ''changpu'' (菖蒲, "''Acorus calamus'', sweet flag") for thirteen years, he grew thick body hair that protected him from cold, acquired a photographic memory, and achieved Transcendence (religion), transcendence. He is List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs#Taoist religion, iconographically represented as riding a white deer and having pendulous ears. Terminology The present Chinese name Han Zhong combines the common Han (Chinese su ...
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