Li Babai

Li Babai
Li Babai, Hong Zicheng's 1602 Xianfo qizong (仙佛奇蹤, "Marvelous Traces of Transcendents and Buddhas")
Chinese name
Chinese	李八百
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Bābǎi Wade–Giles Li Pa-pai Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Lei5 Baat3baak3 Middle Chinese Middle Chinese LiX Pɛtpæk Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) C.rəʔ Pˤretpˤrak
Korean name
Hangul	이팔백
Hanja	李八百
Transcriptions McCune–Reischauer Ri Pʰa̠pɛk̚
Japanese name
Kanji	李八百
Hiragana	りはっぴゃく
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Ri Happyaku

Li Babai (李八百, "Li Eight-Hundred") was the sobriquet of a Daoist elixir-master and xian ("transcendent; 'immortal'") who supposedly lived more than 800 years. The founder of the Way of the Li Family school of religious Daoism^{[broken anchor]}, Li A (李阿, fl. 229–259 CE) or Babaisui gong (八百歲公, "Sir Eight-Hundred-Years-Old") is associated with Li Babai. Two unscrupulous Daoist adepts surnamed Li exploited the pseudonym Li Babai. Li Kuan (李寬, fl. early 4th century) was a charlatan faith healer and who died from the plague, and Li Tuo (李脫) was a sorcerer who was executed in 324 for plotting a revolt against the Jin dynasty.