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title: Chang Kuo-lao
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  name: Graciela Paula Caldeiro
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<h2 id="chang-kou-lao">Chang Kuo-lao</h2>

Chang Kuo-lao was a famous hermit who resisted all attempts to bring him to the capital. At last, at the request of Empress Wu, he undertook the journey, but upon arriving at the temple he fell down dead. His body decomposed and was devoured by worms, yet despite all this he rose again. From that time on, he travelled on a magic donkey that could be folded up as if it were a sheet of paper.