Peng Qi [SEP] present in work
Peng Qi
Peng Qi is a fictional character in "Water Margin", one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "General of Heavenly Vision", he ranks 43rd among the 108 Stars of Destiny and 7th among the 72 Earthly Fiends.
Background.
Peng Qi is from Dongjing (東京; present-day Kaifeng, Henan), the imperial capital of the Song Empire. Like his ancestors before him, he serves as a military officer and drill instructor in the Song imperial army.
, moreover, Peng Xiao gives further details on the early history of the text, saying:
Elsewhere in his work, moreover, Peng Xiao reveals a different view on the authorship of the "Cantong qi":
While Wei Boyang was a southern alchemist, Xu Congshi and Chunyu Shutong were representatives of the cosmological traditions of northern China. Xu was a native of Qingzhou, in the present-day region of Shandong. His disciple, Chunyu, was a "master of the methods" ("fangshi")