Legendary man said to have lived about 800 years, the Chinese emblem of long life, honoured by Daoists as a master of breathing and diet. Xuzhou's old name, 彭城, is said to come from his fief.
Péngzǔ shì Zhōngguó chuánshuō zhōng de chángshòu zhī shén.
Peng Zu is the god of longevity in Chinese legend.
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Legend gives him 49 wives and 54 sons, all of whom he outlived. One rationalising reading of his age says early 'years' were 60-day cycles, which would turn his 800 years into about 130 real ones.
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In the 《论语》 Confucius says 述而不作，信而好古，窃比于我老彭, 'I pass on and do not invent, I trust and love the ancients; privately I compare myself to our Old Peng'. Many commentators take Old Peng to be Peng Zu.
