Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.3

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Ge Hong was an expert in alchemy and medical science. He was also a master in Taoism and Confucianism and wrote a number of books in his life, including *The Master of Preserving Simplicity*, *The Tales of Immortals*, *Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies* and *Yuhan Prescriptions*. It is said that the famous Chinese literary sketches, *A Miscellany of the Western Capital*, is also one of his works. There are a total of 13 books by him collected in the *Orthodox Collected Taoist Scriptures* and *Supplement of Taoist Scriptures in the Period of Wanli*. In his later years, he lived in seclusion in the Luofu Mountain, Guangdong province, to study alchemy, and his study made a far-reaching influence on medical