Master Geng (Chinese: 耿先生; pinyin: Gěng Xiānshēng; Wade–Giles: Kêng3 Hsien1-shêng1, fl. c. 975) was a Chinese alchemist.[1] She was the daughter of Geng Qian.[2] Legend says that during her adolescence she already demonstrated her intelligence and curiosity, and developed skills in the alchemical arts.[3] Eventually, her skills drew the attention of emperor Xuanzong, who invited her to the palace.[1] Within the palace, rather than being counted as one of the palace women, she was honoured as a scholar, and given the title Master (or Teacher).[2] Whenever she had an audience, she spoke confidently and eloquently, always wearing green robes.[3] She is described as performing alchemical transformations, as well as dabbling in divination.[3] Most of her alchemy focused on creating silver, and tales tell of her ability to use mercury to turn even snow into silver. [4] This, some modern chemists have proposed, might be an example of a legitimate chemical process in which mercury is used to extra silver from ores.[1] She may have also distilled perfumes, and utilized an early form of the Soxhlet process to extract camphor into alcohol.[1][4] In her personal life, Geng was noted as enjoying wine, and romantic and sexual dalliances.[3]
^ abcdRayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Marelene; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey (2001). Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-twentieth Century. Chemical Heritage Foundation. pp. 4–5. ISBN 9780941901277.
^ abMeschel, S. V. (September 1992). "Teacher Keng's heritage: A survey of Chinese women scientists". Journal of Chemical Education. 69 (9): 723. Bibcode:1992JChEd..69..723M. doi:10.1021/ed069p723. ISSN 0021-9584.
^ abcdLittle, Stephen; Eichman, Shawn; Shipper, Kristofer; Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (2000-01-01). Taoism and the Arts of China. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22785-9.
^ abMaxwell-Stuart, P. G. (2012-03-01). The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy. A&C Black. p. 13. ISBN 9781441132970.
MasterGeng (Chinese: 耿先生; pinyin: Gěng Xiānshēng; Wade–Giles: Kêng3 Hsien1-shêng1, fl. c. 975) was a Chinese alchemist. She was the daughter of Geng...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
for the "relations of sympathy and antipathy between beings." Balînûs, "master of talismans and wonders," enters a crypt beneath the statue of Hermes Trismegistus...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Zizheng, Seven Star Praying Mantis master Luo Guangyu, Xingyiquan master Geng Xiaguang, and Wu Jianquan, the founder of Wu-style taijiquan. In June 1910...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
attention of Geng, a local rickshaw-puller, who visits Chen's residence. Chen approves of Geng's courageous personality and decides to take Geng as his disciple...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Geng was born in Beijing in April 1973. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English language from China Foreign Affairs University in 1995 and a Master...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
immortality or to transcend. In his work Inner Chapters of the Book of the Master Who Embraces Spontaneous Nature (317 AD), Hong argued that alchemical solutions...
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Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
same clan as Ran Geng, and 29 years younger than Confucius. His courtesy name was Zhonggong (仲弓). He had a bad father, but the Master declared that this...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
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Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
Virgin Zosimos of Panopolis Ancient Chinese Fang (alchemist) Ge Hong MasterGeng Wei Boyang Byzantine pseudo-Olympiodorus Stephanus of Alexandria Synesius...
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