Why was Ma Xiang, a wandering Taoist priest during the Tang Dynasty, recorded in history?

In his ancestors, he was a county official, a good history, a scholar, and a Taoist priest. Whoever gathers riches gives to the poor. He died in 856. He is the author of a volume of "Jindan Formula" and a volume of "Xiuzhen Poetry Interpretation".

Ma Xiang was an alternative Taoist priest who was said to have a penchant for drinking, and he was very good at drinking. There is a very interesting description in "Quantang Poems", saying that "drinking stones, drunk and lying with fists". The ancient people measured the stone bucket liter, one stone is ten buckets, one bucket is ten liters, one liter contains about one liter now, and one liter of water is about equal to one kilogram, which is of course an exaggeration, but it also proves that his alcohol consumption is indeed amazing.

Although Ma Xiang was an alcoholic, it did not prevent him from traveling all over the world and cultivating and practicing Dan. Ma Xiang Suxi traveled to famous mountains and rivers all over the world, and left inscriptions and poems everywhere. Now Wenzhou Ruian Xixian Mountain still has the horse nature of the Lian Dantai and other relics related to horse nature.

Tianzhu Mountain in Qianshan County, Anhui Province, there is also the Black Tiger Cave with the natural relics of horses, and the legend of horses naturally educating evil tigers is spread. In Hangzhou Qinwang Mountain, not only left its footprints, but also left his poem "Climbing Hangzhou Qinwang Mountain", in which "the wind moves the water and swallows the distant mountains, the rain adds to the Lan Qi and does not have a high forest", which has become a classic sentence written by ancient poets, and has been highly praised in all dynasties.

Because of the natural ugly appearance of the horse, in the process of begging for abandonment, often received white eyes, the horse naturally hated this, and for those who went too far, he would also use a little trick to punish them. In the end, Ma naturally always had a sense of forgiveness, not letting the incident leave sequelae, just letting the parties receive a lesson, giving people a chance to repent and reform.

Ma Xiang is not only extraordinary in Taoism and medicine, but he is also a dashing poet. In "All Tang Poems", five of his small poems are included, and five small poems are also attached to the "Ma Natural Jindan Formula", except for one that is repeated, a total of nine of his small poems are left. His poems are not long, but he is very good at writing scenes, and he can also blend the Taoist theories he believes in between the words at will, which contain deep philosophies and leave many intriguing aphorisms to the world.

For example, "how to use burning pills to learn to stay in the face, noisy non-city quiet non-mountain, when people are looking for elixir, the scene is not heartless", he has his own unique views on the longevity and health that people pursue, in addition to the above to "have no heart for the scene", but also to smile and worry less, he thinks that "with a smile and a thick face, sentimentality also makes sideburns spots".

Because his own life experience is particularly colorful, although he is in an official family, he especially likes to delve into literature and medical skills. In the end, he inherited his father's position and became a petty official in the county. When he was out on a mission, he met a Taoist priest.

It had a great influence on Ma Xiang, so after he came back, he had a deeper study of art, helped the people solve any incurable diseases, and also helped some poor people to be kind and charitable. So slowly there were a lot of rumors about him, and he was gradually deified.

Because the Tang Dynasty was very committed to Taoism. This Taoist priest has done great feats, so it has been recorded in history.

Mainly because he acted chivalrous and righteous, and saved many people and did a lot of good deeds, so he will be recorded in history.