Zhao Yen (Earth-616)

Shou-Hsing
Name	Zhao Yen
Current Alias	Shou-Hsing
Aliases	Star of Long Life, Nanji Laoren ("Old Man of the South Pole"), numerous others
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Xian (Taoist Gods), Jade Court, Council of Godheads Formerly associated with Fu-Hsing and Lu-Hsing
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	5′4″ (1.63 m)
Weight	290 lbs (131.54 kg)
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	White
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human mortal having achieved godhood as a Xian upon eating P'an-t'ao, the Peaches of Immortality.
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	State of Wei (near modern-day Kaifeng, China)
Personal Information
Citizenship	Chinese
Occupation	God of health, longevity, vizier to Yu Huang,
Education	Extensively self-educated
Base of Operations	Ta-Lo
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Jim Starlin
First	Marvel Universe: The End #2 (March, 2003) (Diverged into Earth-4321)
First	Marvel Universe: The End #2 (March, 2003) (Diverged into Earth-4321)

History

Youth

Zhao Yen was born a frail sickly child in the 4th century BC in the State of Wei (near modern-day Kaifeng, China), and was destined to die before his twenties. However, a fortune teller told him to travel to a nearby field with food and rice wine. There, he encountered two elderly men playing a game of strategy. Thankful for his hospitality, they revealed themselves as the gods in Yu Huang's service who were responsible for fixing the birth and death dates of mortals, and granted him immortality and godhood upon eating P'an-t'ao, the Peaches of Immortality.

God of health and longevity

Early years

Becoming Shou-Hsing (壽星), the Taoist God (or Xian) of health and longevity, he inherited the responsibility of assigning the life span of mortals. He became also affiliated with Fu-Hsing, god of good fortune and Lu-Hsing, god of prosperity, and was later promoted as the official vizier to Yu Huang within the Jade Court at Yujing Shan.

Modern days

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Attributes

Power Grid

Powers

• Xian Physiology: Born a mortal, Zhao Yen was granted immortality and godhood upon eating P'an-t'ao, the Peaches of Immortality.
  • Immortality: As a Chinese god Zhao Yen is immortal.
  • Superhuman Strength: Zhao Yen possesses the average strength of a Xian and can lift 20 tons.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Zhao Yen possesses enhanced stamina.
  • Superhuman Durability: As a god he is more difficult to injure than a human.

Weaknesses

• Unskilled Combatant: Shou-Hsing is not a skilled combatant.
• Fragile Health: Formerly, he was frail and sickly, and was destined to die before age twenty.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Due to his attribution of god of longevity, he always carry the Peaches of Immortality .

Weapons

He also wield a staff of knotted peach wood with a dragon head carved at the top, which can be used as an offensive weapon.

See Also

• 3 appearance(s) of Zhao Yen (Earth-616)
• 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Zhao Yen (Earth-616)
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Zhao Yen (Earth-616)
• 4 image(s) of Zhao Yen (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Zhao Yen (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Zhao Yen on Wikipedia.org
• Shou-Hsing at the Appendix to the Marvel Universe