Yin Xi
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thumb|left|A portrait of Yinxi thumb|Yinxi, the "Blue-green ram Transcendent" (Qingyang xian, 青羊仙), painting by Zhang Lu (painter)|Zhang Lu (1464–1538) Yinxi, formerly romanized as Yin-hsi (), was a legendary figure of Zhou China. He was said to have been a guard at the western gate of the Zhou capital Chengzhou (present-day Luoyang) or, alternatively, at the western pass out of the Luo–Yi valley. His own wisdom caused him to halt Laozi on his way through the gate and, supposedly, he successfully importuned the sage to compose the Tao Te Ching before permitting him to pass.
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Yin Xi, and connects out to Luoyang, China and Laozi.
It is catalogued under the topic Legendary Chinese people.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Jing ru Jianada
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Japan
Discography
- .357 Magnum2010
- Parousia2011
- Agartha2013
- World Fragments2015
- Evolved Chronicles2016
- Quietus Ray2018
- Storm and Impulse2022
- Xaleid◆scopiX2025
- DOMiNUS_GRAiL2026
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Wikidata facts
- Family name
- Yin
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Notable work
- Master Yin of the Pass
- Image
- 仙佛奇蹤 卷一 尹喜.png
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- courtesy name
- 公度
- art name
- 文始真人
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|left|A portrait of Yinxi thumb|Yinxi, the "Blue-green ram Transcendent" (Qingyang xian, 青羊仙), painting by Zhang Lu (painter)|Zhang Lu (1464–1538) Yinxi, formerly romanized as Yin-hsi (), was a legendary figure of Zhou China. He was said to have been a guard at the western gate of the Zhou capital Chengzhou (present-day Luoyang) or, alternatively, at the western pass out of the Luo–Yi valley. His own wisdom caused him to halt Laozi on his way through the gate and, supposedly, he successfully importuned the sage to compose the Tao Te Ching before permitting him to pass.
He later wrote a book called Guan Yi which is of profound knowledge and revered by future scholars. He was also considered an ancient sage later on.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yin Xi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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