Lan Caihe
Chinese · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
The sex is recorded as unknown because that is the position the tradition takes rather than a gap in the sources: Lan Caihe is depicted as androgynous, is described in some accounts as a man in women's dress and in others as a woman, and the group's own literature treats the ambiguity as characteristic. Filling it in either direction would be the invention this programme forbids.
Domains
- flowers
- freedom
Relations
- companion: Li TieguaiOne of the Eight.Reference treatment of the Eight Immortals as a fixed group. (secondary)
- companion: Zhongli QuanOne of the Eight.Reference treatment of the Eight Immortals as a fixed group. (secondary)
Sources
- Lan Caihe is one of the Eight Immortals, commonly depicted as androgynous, carrying a basket of flowers, and standing for freedom and the joy of life.: Reference treatments of Lan Caihe and of the Eight Immortals' attributes. (secondary)