The Legend of the Eight Immortals

Author: Wugu Dao Ren
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Classical Popular Novel Collection. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, people have continuously added various folk legends to the stories of the Eight Immortals, making their tales increasingly rich and fantastical, almost becoming the embodiment of deities in the hearts of the masses. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, numerous long novels based on the Eight Immortals' stories emerged. Notably, there are the Ming Dynasty works such as Wu Yuantai's The Legend of the Eight Immortals of the Eastern Peak from the Four Journals, Yang Erzeng's The Complete Tale of Han Xiangzi, Deng Zhimo's Lü Xian's Sword Flying, Wang Xiangyu's The Complete Tale of Lü Zun, an anonymous Qing Dynasty work titled Three Pranks on Bai Mudan, and Wugu Dao Ren's The Eight Immortals Attain Immortality. The editor selected The Eight Immortals Attain Immortality from these works—chosen for its comprehensive narration of the Eight Immortals' stories, rich and interesting plot, and fluent, vivid writing—renaming it The Complete Tale of the Eight Immortals to present to readers who enjoy mythical legends.