Yin Changsheng

Yin Changsheng
Yin Changsheng
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陰長生
Simplified Chinese	阴长生
Literal meaning	"Long-life Yin"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yīn chángshēng
Wade–Giles	Yin Ch'ang-sheng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jam1 Coeng4sang1
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese	ʔIm Drjangsræng
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)	Qum Cə-[N]-traŋsreŋ
Korean name
Hangul	음장생
Hanja	陰長生
McCune–Reischauer
Transcriptions
McCune–Reischauer	Ŭm Changsaeng
Japanese name
Kanji	陰長生
Hiragana	いんちょうせい
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	In Chōsei

Yin Changsheng (陰長生, "Long-life Yin", fl. AD 120–210) was a famous Daoist xian ("transcendent; immortal") from Xinye who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 CE). After serving more than ten years as a disciple of the transcendent Maming Sheng ("Horse-neigh Sheng") he received the secret Taiqing (太清, "Great Clarity") scriptures on Waidan ("External Alchemy"). Several extant texts are ascribed to Yin Changsheng, such as the Jinbi wu xianglei can tong qi (金碧五相類參同契, "The Five Categories of Metals and Minerals in the Cantong qi").