Yang Xi

Yang Xi

Yang Xi (330-386) was a native of Wu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He later lived in Jurong (now Jiangsu Province) and was named Xihe. He is less eager to learn, works in calligraphy and painting, and has a spiritual lesson since he was a child.

And long, deep nature Yuan Yi. He has a close relationship with Xu Mai and Xu MI. Xu Mi recommended the prime minister (i.e. emperor Jian Wen of the Jin Dynasty) to sacrifice people for the government. After Jianwen emperor ascended the throne, he did not return. Zhengao, qingweixianpu and so on are called one of the founders of Shangqing school. In the fifth year of Yonghe (349), he was awarded the "tiger and leopard amulet made by Zhonghuang"; in the sixth year (350), he received the "Lingbao Wufu Jing" from Liu Pu, the eldest son of Mrs. Wei; in the second year of Xingning (364), he received the "Shangqing Zhenjing", and made a large number of Taoist scriptures by oral instruction from immortals. During the Xuanhe period of the Song Dynasty, it was granted the title of "Dongling manifesting Zhide Zhenren".