Ye Fashan or Yeh Fa-shan (; 631–720), also known as Perfect Man Ye, was a Taoist wonder-worker reportedly from the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

. According to hagiographic legend, he ascended to Heaven as an immortal "in broad daylight," 12 July, 720.

References

* T. H. Barrett (1996) - Taoism under the T'ang. London: Wellsweep Press. * Alfredo Cadonna (1984) - Il Taoista di sua Maesta. Venezia: Cafoscarina. * Russell Kirkland (1986) - Taoists of the High T'ang. Dissertation,

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. * Russell Kirkland (1992). "Tales of Thaumaturgy: T'ang Accounts of the Wonder-Worker Yeh Fa-shan." Monumenta Serica 40. * Russell Kirkland (1993). "A World in Balance: Holistic Synthesis in the T'ai-p'ing kuang-chi." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies 23. * https://web.archive.org/web/20060316011016/http://www.arches.uga.edu/~kirkland/rk/pdf/pubs/ref/YEH98.pdf 631 births 720 deaths People from Lishui Tang dynasty Taoists Deified Chinese men Taoist miracles {{china-bio-stub