In Taoism, he is known as Zheng Yang Ju Shi, 正陽袓師.
Literally, the True Yang First Master. He is the Chief of the Eight
Immortals, is said to have lived during the Han dynasty and have
possessed the secrets of the elixir of life, and the power of
transmutation. He is also known as Zhongli of Han (漢鐘離) because he was
born in the Han Dynasty. He is usually depicted as a fat man exposing
his bare belly, always grasping his emblem, a fan, which has the
magical ability of reviving the dead.
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