The first chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms skillfully juxtaposes two stories about “emperors and serpents”: one is the legend of the founding emperor, Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty, slaying a white serpent to rise in rebellion, and the other is the omen of the last emperor, Emperor Ling of Han, fainting…
Since every immortal in Journey to the West can ride clouds and mists, why does the Heavenly Court bother raising horses?
En muchas culturas, la inmortalidad se considera un ideal noble. En la antigua cultura china, muchos mitos, leyendas y textos antiguos recogen historias y figuras sobre la inmortalidad.