Ge Hong (A.D. 283?–344?) was born in Ju Rong, Dan Yang (now Ju Rong City, Jiangsu Province), with the courtesy name of Zhi Chuan and also known as Baopuzi. Devoted to the beliefs of Daoism and the pursuit of immortality, Ge Hong was particularly fascinated by alchemy and the refinement of mercury. However, he was also interested in social issues. He divided his book Baopuzi into inner and outer sections. In the Self-preface, he wrote, “The inner section discusses immortal elixirs, supernatural transformations, health preservation, and methods to ward off evil and disasters, which belong to the Daoism. The outer section discusses matters of gains and losses in the human world and discerning right from wrong, which belong to the Confucianism.” In fact, the former belongs to the category of immortals, while the latter belongs to the category of miscellaneous scholars, as reflected in his literary thoughts. Ge Hong himself once proclaimed that he was “not a pure Confucian.”