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 [[ZhouyiCantongqi|《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 [[GeHong|葛洪]] and [[Baopuzi|《抱朴子》]].

Connections

• [[ZhouyiCantongqi|《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.
• [[GeHong|葛洪]] and [[Baopuzi|《抱朴子》]] - later immortality-theory extension.