Ge Hong / 葛洪
Ge Hong / 葛洪 is the central late-stage Daoist thinker in 87.过年最适合聊玄学！探讨神仙方术发展史（接上集）. The episode discusses 《抱朴子》, gold elixirs, nine-turn elixir systems, sword and mirror apotropaic power, and the phrase “我命由我不由天” in its immortality context.
The source’s Ge Hong is not a generic believer in magic. He believes in immortals and elixirs while criticizing some shamanic or ritual abuses, and he attaches moral conduct to transcendence: good deeds become part of the discipline of becoming an immortal.
Key Claims
- Ge Hong systematizes immortality pursuit through text, elixir hierarchy, and moral requirements.
- The episode treats “我命由我不由天” as an alchemical-longevity claim before later slogan use.
- His work helps show how Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹 and Confucian moral order can coexist.
Connections
- 《抱朴子》 - main text in the source.
- Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹, Daoist Ritual Technology / 道教仪式技术, and Fangshu Systematization / 方术系统化 - practice and theory cluster.
- 魏伯阳 and 《周易参同契》 - earlier alchemical branch.
- Chinese Folk Religion Layering and Alchemy-Chemistry Continuity / 炼金术与化学连续性 - adjacent wiki frames.