Shenxian Zhuan

Shenxian Zhuan
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningRecords of the Gods & Immortals
Records of the Divine Immortals
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShénxiān zhuàn
Wade–GilesShen–Hsien Chuan

The Shenxian Zhuan, sometimes given in translation as the Biographies of the Deities and Immortals, is a hagiography of immortals and description of Chinese gods, partially attributed to the Daoist scholar Ge Hong (283-343). In the history of Chinese literature, the Shenxian Zhuan followed the Liexian Zhuan ("Collected Biographies the Immortals").