The images of the sun, lotus and birds, and the ideas of "shenxian (hermit)" in ancient China

从战国时期到秦汉时期，人们开始画太阳、莲花、鸟等许多人物，其原作在埃及。在埃及，以太阳信仰为基础的复活思想通过人物来表达，这些人物也进入中国，并在那里创造了“神仙”（隐士）的观念。最初的隐士被称为“施戒仙”，死者复活，类似于埃及木乃伊的复活。

People came to draw many figures as the sun, lotus and bird, from the Warring States Period to Ch'in and Han Periods in China, the originals of which are in Egypt. In Egypt, the ideas of the resurrection based on the faith of the sun were expressed by the figures which also came into China and made chances of creating the ideas of "shen xian (hermit)" there. The original hermits named as "shi jie xian", the dead who revived, resemble the resurrection of the mummy in Egypt.