An alchemist is an alchemist, or a wise man, or, in modern terms, a person who masters alchemy. Generally refers to the alchemist or warlock, later called Taoist. Song Yu regarded Xianmen, Gao Xi, Shangcheng, Yulin, Gongle and Ju Gu as "wise men" in Gao Tang Fu, and said in Records of the First Qin Emperor: "I am familiar with literature and have many alchemists". The above wise men and alchemists refer to alchemists. The name of Taoist priest began in the Han Dynasty. In The Records of the Five Elements of Han Dynasty, it was said: "A Taoist priest started his journey, so he was injured." "Biography of Xu Man" also said: "I met Zhang Junju, a Taoist." Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, alchemists have been called Taoists. After the Jin Dynasty, the name of alchemist gradually declined, while the name of Taoist was very big.

A Confucian scholar, a person who understands Confucian classics. Historical Records Biography of Liu He: "Uncle descended to Han, and more than 100 people were disciples of Confucian scholars." Han Wang Chong's "On Balance and Extraordinary Articles": "Therefore, it can be said that those who have knowledge are Confucian scholars and those who know the past and the present are ordinary people." Liezi: "There are Confucian scholars in Lu, and the media can cure them." Tang Yuan Jie's poem "Send the Source to Rest": "The world is not suppressed, and Confucian scholars have foreseen military affairs." Yu Dafu's poem "Thoughts on Chen Xiaowei's Reading of President Roosevelt's Book": "Confucian scholars are not all useless, but there are gods on paper."