Ye Fashan or Yeh Fa-shan (; 631–720), also known as Perfect Man Ye, was a

Taoist Taoism (, ) or Daoism () refers to either a school of philosophical thought (道家; ''daojia'') or to a religion (道教; ''daojiao''), both of which share ideas and concepts of Chinese origin and emphasize living in harmony with the ''Tao'' ...

wonder-worker reportedly from the

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. According to hagiographic legend, he ascended to Heaven as an immortal "in broad daylight," 12 July, 720.

References

* T. H. Barrett (1996) - Taoism under the T'ang. London: Wellsweep Press. * Alfredo Cadonna (1984) - Il Taoista di sua Maesta. Venezia: Cafoscarina. * Russell Kirkland (1986) - Taoists of the High T'ang. Dissertation,

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. * Russell Kirkland (1992). "Tales of Thaumaturgy: T'ang Accounts of the Wonder-Worker Yeh Fa-shan." Monumenta Serica 40. * Russell Kirkland (1993). "A World in Balance: Holistic Synthesis in the T'ai-p'ing kuang-chi." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies 23. * https://web.archive.org/web/20060316011016/http://www.arches.uga.edu/~kirkland/rk/pdf/pubs/ref/YEH98.pdf 631 births 720 deaths People from Lishui Tang dynasty Taoists Deified Chinese people {{china-bio-stub