Ge Hong (283-363), born in Jurong, Danyang County (now jurong city, Jiangsu Province), was a Taoist theorist, a famous alchemist and medical doctor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was called Little Fairy Weng.

Ge Hong wrote a lot in his life, and Bao Puzi is his masterpiece. This book is divided into two parts: inside and outside. The inner chapter consists of 20 volumes, which discusses the immortal prescriptions for preserving health and prolonging life, eliminating evil spirits and eliminating disasters, and summarizes the immortal prescriptions before the Jin Dynasty, including keeping one, promoting qi and guiding.

Appreciation of Bao Puzi

The acceptance of Zhuangzi in Bao Puzi's Inner Chapter is a process in which Ge Hong accepted, absorbed and finally internalized Zhuangzi through his own subjective transformation when he was building a Taoist theoretical system. Ge Hong consciously inherited and reformed the rhetoric, allusions and basic philosophical concepts of Zhuangzi.

At the same time, Ge Hong reconciled the theory of "Qi life and death" in Zhuangzi with Taoist immortal thought, and finally built a relatively complete Taoist theoretical system. It shows the process of Ge Hong's conscious absorption and transformation of Taoist thought represented by Zhuangzi in the construction of Taoist theory and belief practice mode in Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bao Puzi

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ge Hong