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China: Carving of Ma Yuan, depicting his role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel Fengshen Yanyi ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut

China: Carving of Ma Yuan, depicting his role in the 16th Century Ming Dynasty novel <i>Fengshen Yanyi</i> ('Investiture of the Gods'). From Ping Sien Si Temple, Pasir Panjang Laut

Ma Yuan was a character from the classic Ming Dynasty novel 'Fengshen Yanyi'. Ma Yuan is described as an immortal, the first ether immortal. He eventually enters the story to come to the aid of Yin Hong, one of King Zhou's errant sons.

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