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藥王　姓韋氏。名古。字老師。疎勒國人。開元二十五年至京。紗巾毳袍杖藜而行。腰懸數百葫蘆。普施藥餌。以一黑犬自隨。凡有患者。古視之即愈。帝敬禮為藥王菩薩。皇后圖其形而供養之（出本草序及神仙傳）。

Medicine King. Surnamed Wei, named Gu, with the courtesy name Laoshi, he was a native of the kingdom of Kashgar (Shule). In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan he arrived at the capital. Wearing a gauze headcloth and a felt robe, walking with a goosefoot staff, he had hundreds of gourds suspended from his waist and dispensed medicine to all. A single black dog followed him. Whenever there was a sick person, as soon as Gu looked at them they were healed. The Emperor venerated him as the Medicine King Bodhisattva, and the Empress had his portrait painted to make offerings to it (from the Preface to the Bencao and the Shenxian zhuan).