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 [[Baopuzi|《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 [[ConfucianIdealGovernance|Confucian moral order]] can coexist.

Connections

• [[Baopuzi|《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.
• [[WeiBoyang|魏伯阳]] and [[ZhouyiCantongqi|《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.