Liu An, the grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, believed in Taoism very much. In order to live forever, he found the star anise and refined the elixir according to the words of the star anise. After Dan medicine was refined, Liu An ate it and felt airy and ascended to heaven. The chickens and dogs in the yard scrambled to eat the rest of the pills, and they also flew to the sky and became immortals.
Synonym Huainan chicken and dog
Allusions:
During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a famous thinker and writer named Liu An. Inherited the title of king of Huainan from his father.
Liu An, the king of Huainan, read a lot of books, but he was fascinated by Taoist books. Thus came the idea of becoming immortal. So he looked around for Taoist priests with magic.
One day, he heard that there was a fairy named Hachi who had a secret recipe for refining elixir, but he never passed it on to others, so he went to Hachi. I didn't expect Hachi to run around. Liu An suffered a lot and couldn't find Hachi. But Liu An was still looking for it wholeheartedly, and Liu An's sincerity touched Hachi. One day, Bagong came to Liu Anjia, taught him the method of alchemy, and told him that after being refined into an elixir, he could ascend to heaven and become immortal after eating it.
Liu An practiced devoutly every day, and then "really" refined the elixir. At this time, he felt light and tall. Those drugs are transparent. He knew it was time to ascend to heaven. He bathed, changed clothes, burned incense and prayed, and then took the elixir of life ... Liu Anjue looked down and found himself standing in the clouds.
After Liu An became immortal, the elixir sprinkled in the yard was eaten by chickens and dogs, and all of them drifted away to become immortals. Liu An, surrounded by chickens and dogs, slowly disappeared.