葛洪

Gě Hóng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Ge Hong (283–343), Daoist alchemist and physician of the Jin dynasty, author of the Baopuzi

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Examples

HSK 7-9

葛洪是晋代有名的道士和医学家。

Gě Hóng shì Jìndài yǒumíng de dàoshi hé yīxuéjiā.

Ge Hong was a well-known Daoist and physician of the Jin dynasty.

HSK 7-9

传说葛洪在罗浮山炼丹，最后成仙了。

Chuánshuō Gě Hóng zài Luófúshān liàndān, zuìhòu chéngxiān le.

Legend says Ge Hong made elixirs on Mount Luofu and in the end became an immortal.

Tips

culture

His 《肘后备急方》 (Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies) says to soak a handful of 青蒿 (sweet wormwood) in water, wring it out and drink the juice against fevers. In 1971 that line made 屠呦呦 try extracting the plant without heat, which led her to artemisinin, 青蒿素.

usage

He called himself 抱朴子, "the Master Who Embraces Simplicity", which is also the title of his main book, on alchemy, immortality and government.

Stroke Order

葛 gé

洪 hóng