"Liu Haichan (Daoist name Haichanzi) lived in the tenth century. He gave up officialdom to study Daoism and said to have become an immortal. The story of "Liu Hai and a Golden Toad" (Liu Hai xi jinchan), popular since the Song dynasty, was abbreviated to "Liu Haichan." One story says he commanded the toad of immortality to spew forth gold coins, which he used to aid the poor. Another says his father was a greedy official who was reincarnated as a three-legged toad thrown into a sea of filth. Upon achieving the Dao, Liu fished him out with a string of gold coins."
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Date: 2009-12-22 07:18 pm (UTC)"Liu Haichan (Daoist name Haichanzi) lived in the tenth century. He gave up officialdom to study Daoism and said to have become an immortal. The story of "Liu Hai and a Golden Toad" (Liu Hai xi jinchan), popular since the Song dynasty, was abbreviated to "Liu Haichan." One story says he commanded the toad of immortality to spew forth gold coins, which he used to aid the poor. Another says his father was a greedy official who was reincarnated as a three-legged toad thrown into a sea of filth. Upon achieving the Dao, Liu fished him out with a string of gold coins."
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