Myths featuring Li Tieguai

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Tieguai Li Forced to Possess the Body of a Starved Beggar After His Disciple Burns His Body

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Dangshan, Anhui, ChinaLi Tieguai • Laozi • Li Qing

Li Tieguai, once a handsome and talented Daoist student, attempted a spiritual journey to the heavens while leaving his body in the care of his disciple. However, due to a family emergency, the disciple burned the body a day before Li's return, forcing the immortal's spirit to take residence in the corpse of a recently deceased beggar. This transformation turned Li into a ragged, crippled...