Zuo Ci (156? - 289? ), character Fang, Lujiang native, Han nationality, Daohao Wujiao, a famous alchemist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, lived in Tianzhu Mountain and studied alchemy. The Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty, with the knowledge of astrology and latitude, learned Taoism and learned the Six Classics of the Ming Dynasty. It is said that they can serve ghosts and sit in the kitchen.

Zuo Ci is proficient in the Five Classics and astrology. He predicted from the astrology that the luck of the Han Dynasty would run out, the national games would decline and the world would be in chaos. He lamented: "In this troubled times, it is more difficult to protect yourself in a high position, and it is easier to die if you have more money. Therefore, the prosperity of the world must not be coveted! "

So Zuo Ci began to learn Taoism, and he was also very proficient in Taoism. He can drive ghosts and gods to sit down and make delicious food. Zuo Ci studied monasticism in Tianzhu Mountain, and got a copy of Nine Pills Medicine in the Golden Chamber in a cave (Dunjia Tianshu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms). He learned to change his magic, divination and spells, and he can't remember many things.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty says that he seldom has Shinto. Ge Hong's Bao Puzi Jin Zidan shows that Zuo Ci is Ge Xuan's teacher. There are three volumes of Tai Ming Jing, one volume of Jiuding Single Crystal, and one volume of Jinye Single Crystal. Cao Zhi said that he was good in nature in On Tao. According to relevant historical records, after 60 or 70 years of practice, he became an immortal after his death. Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals also says that he can serve ghosts and gods (know heavenly stems and earthly branches), and he can change and avoid valleys.

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When Cao Cao heard about Zuo Ci at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he called Zuo Ci to a stone house and sent someone to guard him. He was not fed for a year, and it took a year to let him out. He is still the same. Cao Cao thinks that there is no reason why people don't eat, and Zuo Ci doesn't eat for a year. Whoever tried to kill him must be an evil pervert.

After Zuo Ci knew that Cao Cao wanted to kill Zuo Ci together, he asked Cao Cao to spare his life and let him go home. Cao Cao said, "Why are you in such a hurry?" Zuo Ci said, "You want to kill me, so please leave me alone." Cao Cao said, "Where? How could I kill you? " . Since you have great ambitions, I won't keep you. "

Cao Cao hosted a farewell dinner for Zuo Ci, and Zuo Ci said, "I want to travel far and have a drink with you." Cao Cao agreed. It was very cold and the wine was soaked in the fire. Zuo Ci tore off the hair on his head and stirred the wine. In an instant, the hair clasp is dissolved in wine, just like ink is dissolved in water when grinding ink.

At first, when Cao Cao saw that Zuo Ci wanted a glass of wine, he thought that he would drink half a cup first, and then give the remaining half to Zuo Ci. Unexpectedly, Zuo Ci scratched his glass with a hairpin first, and the glass was divided into two halves, both of which were wine, a few inches apart. Zuo Ci drank half first and gave the other half to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was unhappy and didn't drink it right away. Zuo Ci asked Cao Cao to come over and drank it himself. After drinking, I threw the cup on the beam, and the cup dangled on the beam, like a bird falling and not falling before diving to the ground. The guests at the banquet looked up at the glass. After a long time, the glass fell, but Zuo Ci was gone. Ask, say Zuo Ci back to his residence.

Li Han, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, collected all kinds of allusions in ancient and modern times and compiled Qiu Meng, and specially included the allusions of "Zuo Ci broke the cup".

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