Wei Boyang / 魏伯阳
Wei Boyang / 魏伯阳 appears in 87.过年最适合聊玄学！探讨神仙方术发展史（接上集） as a foundational figure for Chinese external alchemy. The episode links him to 《周易参同契》, presented there as a major alchemical classic that joins Yi learning, yin-yang, five phases, and coded material practice.
The source treats Wei Boyang’s importance as textual and technical. Alchemical language hides materials and processes behind symbolic names, making Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹 both a material practice and an interpretive tradition.
Key Claims
- Wei Boyang anchors the episode’s early Daoist-alchemy genealogy.
- Coded language makes alchemy hard to separate from cosmology and interpretation.
- His branch connects Fangshu Systematization / 方术系统化 to later 葛洪 and 《抱朴子》.
Connections
- 《周易参同契》 - text associated with Wei Boyang in the source.
- Daoist Alchemy / 道教炼丹, Fangshu Systematization / 方术系统化, and Alchemy-Chemistry Continuity / 炼金术与化学连续性 - concept cluster.
- 葛洪 and 《抱朴子》 - later immortality-theory extension.