佛祖統紀 52.88

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Under Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang, Ye Fashan saw Lord Lao, entered the Western Mountains to cultivate the Dao, and departed as an immortal through corpse-liberation. Li Quan encountered the Old Mother of Mount Li, who explained the meaning of the Yinfujing to him; later he entered famous mountains to seek the Dao. The Emperor summoned the arts master Zhang Guo to an imperial audience and gave him three goblets of aconite broth (namely, aconite wine); tipsy as if intoxicated, Zhang said: 'This is not fine wine.' Later he entered Mount Heng. Sima Chengzhen was summoned and escorted to the capital by envoys sent by the Emperor, and received registers of the methods. An immortal maiden said to Jiao Jing: 'You may pay homage to the Azure Lad Lord of Eastern Flora to receive the method of the Three Sovereigns.' When he returned and paid homage, the master delighted and conferred it upon him. Under Emperor Jingzong, Cui Yuanliang cultivated the Daoist site of the Yellow Register; 365 cranes soared and gathered at the altar site, and one with a vermilion crown and brilliant white body ultimately gathered upon the throne of the Sovereign of Emptiness; later Yuanliang entered the chamber, recited the Yellow Court Scripture, and was transformed. Under Emperor Xuanzong, Xianyuan Ji of Luofu was summoned to an imperial audience; asked about the number of years the Emperor would rule the realm, Ji wrote forty horizontally, which signified fourteen years. Under Emperor Yizong, Zhongli Quan claimed that in the Han dynasty he encountered Wang Xuan and attained the way of longevity; Lü Yan encountered Quan, who conferred upon him the Complete Method of Dew and Treasure and said to him: 'My audience with the Primordial has an appointed time'; thereupon immortals came to welcome him and he ascended to heaven. Dongbin wandered as a traveler through the Yangtze and Huai regions, converting Immortal Maiden He, Guo Shangzao, and Shi Jianwu. Under Emperor Jingzong, Lü Dongbin passed by Huanglong Mountain in Ezhou, saw Chan Master Ji, and composed verses (and so forth).