Ancient China · Religious Leader

Chisongzi 松子

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chisongzi was a Religious Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 242

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 33, passage 242

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 33Volume 29: Biographies of Shentu Gang; Bao Yong; Zhi Yun · 1 passage

初從生步重華於南野，謂來歸為松子，今幸得全軀樹類，還奉墳墓，盡學問道，雖不從政，施之有政，是亦為政也。 Long ago I walked with Shun in the southern wastes and dreamed of becoming the immortal Chisongzi; now I am content to keep this body, tend my parents' graves, and study—though I hold no office, teaching is also ruling.