Title: The EIGHT IMMORTALS
Description: Lan Caihe
Description: Lan Caihe
REBORN - September 28, 2006 12:08 AM (GMT)
Lan Caihe, Who Went Begging with Castanets In his Hands:
Lan was a hermit in the Tang dynasty. According to the Supplement to the Biographies of the Immortals and the Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, he normally wore blue rags, and had only one shoe. In summer, he used to wrap himself in a quilt. In winter, however, he was seen lying naked on snow, and his whole body was steaming. He used to emerge in cities, singing and begging, with a pair of three-chi-long castanets in his hands. It is hard to judge whether or not he was drunk when he sang the song: 'In singer Lan Caihe's eyes, how long can your life last? Good-looking faces are just like the green trees in spring, how could they keep this unchanged forever?" Through his songs, he urged people to go away from the secular world and pursue Dao. It is said that he was led by Zhongli Quan to Dao and ultimately ascended to the clouds.
Lan was a hermit in the Tang dynasty. According to the Supplement to the Biographies of the Immortals and the Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, he normally wore blue rags, and had only one shoe. In summer, he used to wrap himself in a quilt. In winter, however, he was seen lying naked on snow, and his whole body was steaming. He used to emerge in cities, singing and begging, with a pair of three-chi-long castanets in his hands. It is hard to judge whether or not he was drunk when he sang the song: 'In singer Lan Caihe's eyes, how long can your life last? Good-looking faces are just like the green trees in spring, how could they keep this unchanged forever?" Through his songs, he urged people to go away from the secular world and pursue Dao. It is said that he was led by Zhongli Quan to Dao and ultimately ascended to the clouds.