Zhang Guolao

Zhang Guolao 張果老
Zhang Lu's painting of Zhang Guolao, early 16th century
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張果老
Simplified Chinese	张果老
Literal meaning	Old Zhang Guo
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Guǒlǎo Wade–Giles Chang Kuo-lao Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jēung Gwó Lóuh Jyutping Zoeng1 Gwo2 Lou5
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Trương Quả Lão
Japanese name
Kanji	張果

Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. Among the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, Zhongli Quan and Lü Yan were real historical figures.^{[contradictory]} His existence is said to have begun around the middle or end of the 7th century, and ended approximately in the middle of the 8th. The epithet "Lao" added at the end of his name means "old".^[1]