Tan Yi was the son of Tan Shupi, a native of Lingshou, born at the end of the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. He was born different and could speak from the very beginning of his Life. When he was a few years old, he was more than six feet tall and different from ordinary children, a man with sideburns and beard. He could catch up with a running horse without eating or drinking. When Tan Yi suddenly disappeared in his twenties, people near and far were amazed and thought he was a fairy.
His Parents missed him very much and the villagers built a temple for him and worshipped him as a god. In the first year of the reign of King Da Li, Tan Yi suddenly returned Home, wearing clothes made of feathers and a hat embroidered with clouds and hues, and at first glance he knew he was a god. He said to his parents, “My son is an immortal official and cannot stay in the human world for too long. I am afraid that the temple will be stolen by demons and monsters who will do harm to the villagers, so please ask the villagers to tear down the temple. The temple foundation of the past buried a lot of Gold, after demolition of the temple can dig out the gold, to be distributed to the poor people and villagers.” After saying that, he took off into the air. The villagers then followed his words and dug out the gold under the temple foundation. The dug place gushed out a spring, the spring water is clear and unusual, rain does not rise, a big drought water does not fall. Villagers have gone to this spiritual spring to pray for blessings, very spiritual, so called this spring for “Tanzi pool”, also called “Tianchi”.
A scholar named Zhou Guofan wrote a poem to record the incident: “Cheng water 100 paces, the world’s name Tanzi pool. I asked the old man in Lingshang, this pool when the reason who? The father said for Yu, the county Tan Shupi. The end of the Kaiyuan year, the birth of the son of the word A Yi. Fallen to the ground can speak, nine years old more beard. He did not drink and did not eat, but never said he was thirsty and hungry. Fifteen can walk, fast horses can not chase. Twenty years later, he entered the mountains and never returned. His parents remembered him so much that they set up a shrine for him in the village. In the spring of the first year of the Dali calendar, this child suddenly came back. He was wearing a crown with a phoenix and a neon dress. He saved the world and told his relatives about it. I am a divine officer, and I cannot pray to the next world. I am afraid that he is a demon, so it is better to pacify him early. There is gold hidden here, the town in this temple base. Excavate the scattered life gather, can save the poor and weak. Gold out of the following spiritual spring, if the clear glass. The clear table is a talisman, the water and drought without exhaustion. When the words are finished, the words are in vain, and the haze is on the mystery. I cannot stay in mortal love, and I am sad to see the crowd. Seeking for the divine commandment, I went through the temple and opened the doors. The result was infinite treasures, and all of them were in danger. The giant source came out of the top of the ridge and was rare in the world. The special place flows for thousands of years, and the four dimensions are blessed for the whole year.”
(Source: “Taiping Guangji”)
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