Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Daoist

Xu Mai 許邁

Attested AD 355

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Mai was a Daoist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 355 羲之既去官
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 174

Career and standing

Daoist priest 道士
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 174

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 80, passage 174

Events and relationships

Cultivated dietetics with Xizhi
Religious · Practitioner · With Wang Xizhi (羲之)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 174

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

又與道士許邁共修服食，采藥石不遠千里，遍游東中諸郡，窮諸名山，泛滄海，歎曰：「我卒當以樂死。」 With the Daoist Xu Mai he practiced dietetics and gathered herbs, traveling a thousand li without hesitation through the eastern commanderies and famous peaks, even putting out onto the sea, and sighed, "I shall end my days in bliss."