Liu An
Liú Ān (, c. 179–122 BC) was a Chinese cartographer, monarch, and philosopher. A
Han dynasty Chinese prince, ruling the
Huainan Kingdom, and an advisor to his nephew,
Emperor Wu of Han (武帝). He is best known for editing the (139 BC) ''
Huainanzi'' compendium of
Daoist,
Confucianist, and
Legalist teachings and is credited for inventing
tofu. Early texts represent Liu An in three ways: the "author-editor of a respected philosophical symposium", the "bumbling rebel who took his life to avoid arrest", and the successful Daoist adept who transformed into a ''
xian'' and "rose into the air to escape prosecution for trumped-up charges of treason and flew to eternal life."
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