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Li Shaojun
Chinese name
Chinese
李少君
Literal meaning
Li the Youthful Lord
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lǐ Shǎojūn
Wade–Giles
Li Hsiao-chün
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
LiX SyewHkjun
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
C.rəʔ S-tewʔ-sC.qur
Korean name
Hangul
리소군
Hanja
李少君
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization
Lee Sogun
McCune–Reischauer
Ri Sokun
Japanese name
Kanji
李少君
Hiragana
りしょうくん
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn
Ri Shōkun
Li Shaojun (Chinese: 李少君; Wade–Giles: Li Shao-chün, fl. 133 BCE) was a fangshi (master of esoterica), reputed xian (transcendent; immortal), retainer of Emperor Wu of Han, and the earliest known Chinese alchemist. In the early history of Chinese waidan (External Alchemy), Li is the only fangshi whose role is documented by both historical (for instance, Shiji) and alchemical (Baopuzi) sources.
king, and never returned. The Records of the Grand Historian state that LiShaojun visited Anqi Sheng during his travels. There is no record, however, of...
The first historically reliable mention of alchemy in China concerns LiShaojun, a fangshi "masters of methods", who suggested around 133 BCE that Emperor...
embankment"). The Li surname is traditionally associated with Daoism, for instance the fangshi ("master of methods") and alchemist LiShaojun (fl. 133 BCE)...
legendary substance. The Book of Han says that around 133 BCE the fangshi LiShaojun said to Emperor Wu, "Sacrifice to the stove [zao 竈] and you will be able...
969 years. The Li surname is traditionally associated with Daoism, for instance the fangshi ("master of methods") and alchemist LiShaojun (fl. 133 BCE)...
Wu to emulate the legendary Yellow Emperor's practices. The alchemist LiShaojun attempted to recreate the Yellow Emperor's rite to transform cinnabar...
of China from 2023. Premier Li Qiang took office on 11 March 2023 and it succeeded the Li Keqiang Government. Premier Li is ranked only second to General...
methods") and alchemist LiShaojun (fl. 133 BCE), the astronomer and historian Li Chunfeng (602-670), and the philosopher Li Rong (fl. 658-663). Laozi's...
The Li Keqiang Government was the Central People's Government of China from 15 March 2013, when Premier Li Keqiang took office, until March 2023. It succeeded...
in his youth. Those named include Wang Qishan, Li Zhanshu, Liu He, Chen Xi, He Yiting, Wang Xiaohong, Li Shulei, and Huang Xingguo (since disgraced). In...
October 1894 in Wu County, Jiangsu province. His name at birth was Ye Shaojun (葉紹鈞), and his courtesy name was Bingchen (秉臣). His father worked as a...
Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe. pp. 2, 008–2, 009. ISBN 7-208-04997-1. Liu Shaojun (1992). Studies of the Chinese Mystical Culture Series : Comment and Review...
Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Li, Cheng (2016). Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era: Reassessing Collective...
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