Zhang Guolao
| Zhang Guolao 張果老 | |||||||||||||||
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Zhang Lu's painting of Zhang Guolao, early 16th century | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 張果老 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张果老 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Old Zhang Guo | ||||||||||||||
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| Vietnamese | Trương Quả Lão | ||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 張果 | ||||||||||||||
Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. Among the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, Zhongli Quan and Lü Yan are the only ones who appear in historical records as genuine figures in society at specific times and places. His existence is said to have begun around the middle or end of the 7th century, and ended approximately in the middle of the 8th. The epithet "Lao" added at the end of his name means "old".