Ancient China · Daoist

Pengzu 彭祖

Péngzǔ

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Pengzu was a Daoist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 187

Events and relationships

Cited for longevity exercises
Religious · Exemplar · Mode allusion Speaker Wang Bao (王褒)
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 187

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 187

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 1 passage

遵遊自然之勢，恬淡無為之場，休徵自至，壽考無疆，雍容垂拱，永永萬年，何必偃卬詘信若彭祖，呴噓呼吸如僑、松，眇然絕俗離世哉！ he drifts with nature's current in the stillness of wu-wei until good omens come unbidden, his years know no bound, and he may rule with folded hands for endless ages. Why should he need Pengzu's calisthenics or the breathing tricks of Wangzi Qiao and Chisongzi, or cut himself off from the human world to chase immortals?