Ge Hong

or Ko Hung

born 283, Danyang, China

died 343, Danyang

Chinese alchemist and Daoist philosopher.

He received a Confucian education but later became interested in the Daoist cult of physical immortality. His writings blended the occult doctrines of Daoism with the ethics of Confucius. His major work, Baopuzi ("He Who Holds to Simplicity"), discusses alchemy, diet, sexual hygiene, and meditation as well as the importance of ethical principles.

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