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The Lishi zhenxian tidao tongjian 歷世真仙體道通鋻 "Comprehensive mirror of immortals who embodied the Way through the ages", abbreviated as Xianjian 仙鋻 "Mirror of Immortals" is a 53 juan 元 (1279-1368) "scrolls" long collection of stories of immortals compiled by the Yuan period Daoist Zhao Daoyi 趙道一. Zhao Daoyi was inspired to his book because the "Confucians" possessed a comprehensive history in the shape of the Zizhi tongjian 資治通鋻 and Buddhists had already compiled a similar history, the Shishi tongjian 釋氏通鋻. He therefore wanted to compile a comprehensive history of Daoists and composed his long collection of 745 biographies, beginning with the Yellow Emperor 黃帝 and ending with persons at the end of the Song period 宋 (960-1279). There is also a supplement (Xubian 續編) of 5 juan, adding a further 34 persons from the Jin 金 (1115-1234)
and Yuan periods, and a sequel (Houji 後集) of 6 juan, including 120 female immortals. The book is included in the Daoist Canon Zhengtong daozang 正統道藏.
Source: Gu Cunyun 古存云 (1988). "Shenxian zhuanji 神仙傳記", in: Zhongguo da baike quanshu 中國大百科全書, Zongjiao 宗教, pp. 350-351. Beijing/Shanghai: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe.
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Chinese literature according to the four-category system
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