Yeh Fa-shan

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Yeh Fa-shan (葉法善) (631-720) also known as Ye Fashan and Perfect Man Ye, was a Taoist wonder-worker reportedly from the Tang dynasty.

He is supposed to have ascended as an immortal in broad daylight, 12 July, 720.

[edit] References

T. H. Barrett (1996) - Taoism under the T'ang. London: Wellsweep Press.
Alfredo Cadonna (1984) - Il Taoista di sua Maesta. Venezia: Cafoscarina.
Russell Kirkland (1986) - Taoists of the High T'ang. Dissertation, Indiana University.
Russell Kirkland (1992). "Tales of Thaumaturgy: T'ang Accounts of the Wonder-Worker Yeh Fa-shan." Monumenta Serica 40.
Russell Kirkland (1993). "A World in Balance: Holistic Synthesis in the T'ai-p'ing kuang-chi." Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies 23.
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~kirkland/rk/pdf/pubs/ref/YEH98.pdf