Is “Participated in the immortal and demonic array battles of the Chan sect” true?
novel invention
In 「封神演义」, chapter 045, it is recorded: “子牙忙差散宜生、晁田──文武二名，星夜往九鼎铁叉山八宝云光洞来取定风珠……众仙曰：‘既有此珠，明日可破‘风吼阵’。’” In the novel, San Yisheng is sent on a mission to borrow a treasure to break the Wind Howl Formation, moving among immortal arrays; in official history, San Yisheng was a founding minister of the Western Zhou, in charge of governing the people and handling documents and foreign affairs.
San Yisheng
In official history, he was an important civil official under King Wen of Zhou, while in the novel he is depicted as a cunning strategist who lobbies various parties and devises plans to rescue his lord.
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