In the Jin Dynasty, there was Wang Zhongfu, a native of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, whose hometown was Liujiang Village. When Zhongfu grew up, he had a magnificent appearance and had passed the military examination. When he was forty-seven, he said with a deep sigh, “Confucius was forty and he had no doubts. When Mencius was forty, he could not be moved by external things. Now that I am over forty, I only know how to swallow rotten things and wear purple ribbon official clothes to care about wealth. Isn’t it too stupid?” So he resigned from his official position, abandoned his wife and children, and left home to visit Taoism. At the age of 48, Wang Zhongfu came to Ganhe Town, passed by a butcher’s door, and happened to have his favorite meat, so he ate it. Suddenly, two Taoist priests came from the south, looking as if they had lived in seclusion in the haze for a long time, full of spirit and straight into the sky. As soon as Zhongfu saw them, he stood up in amazement, went forward to meet them, and respectfully invited them in. What the two Taoist priests talked to him was full of fairy tales, and Wang Zhongfu felt as if he had just woken up from his intoxication. The Taoist priest then secretly taught him the true method of cultivating immortals, and changed his name to “”, with the Taoist name Chongyangzi. When all this was done, the Taoist priest pointed to the east and asked Wang Chongyang, “What did you see?” Wang Chongyang said, “I saw seven golden lotuses bearing seeds.” The Taoist laughed and said, “There are still ten thousand jade lotus blossoms.” Say that finish, then disappeared.
Taoist Story in JIN Dynasty about Wang Congyang
