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Add. 22689, ff.34-35 Wu Meng was one of the Twenty-Four.

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Add. 22689, ff.34-35 Wu Meng was one of the Twenty-Four.
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A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. China, 1750 Source/Shelfmark: Add. 22689, ff.34-35 Wu Meng(4th-5th Century AD) was one of the Twenty-Four.Examples of Filial Piety who positively attracted mosquitos and encuraged them to bite him so that they would not bite his elderly parents. He was able to cross a river without a boat by waving a white feather over it. He also had a white deer cart and used to ride the sky with 4 disciples. Image taken from Daoist/Taoist folding album, A Keepsake from the Cloud Gallery/Yuntai Xianrui. Originally published/produced in China, 1750.

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