Editing Zhang Sanfeng (section)

===Literature===
Owing to his legendary status, Zhang Sanfeng's name appears in Chinese ''[[wuxia]]'' novels, films and television series as a spiritual teacher and martial arts master and Taoist practitioner. Zhang Sanfeng's popularity among the Chinese is also attributed to his personality and association with Confucianism and Taoism.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zhang Sanfeng|url=http://www.uchinavisa.com/zhang-sanfeng.html|website=U China Visa|access-date=16 November 2014}}</ref>

The best known depiction of Zhang Sanfeng in fiction is probably in [[Jin Yong]]'s ''wuxia'' novel ''[[The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber]]'', which is primarily set in the final years of the [[Yuan dynasty]]. In the novel, Zhang Sanfeng is a former [[Shaolin School|Shaolin]] monk who founded the [[Wudang School]] based in the [[Wudang Mountains]]. He has seven apprentices, the [[List of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber characters#Wudang School|"Seven Heroes of Wudang"]], one of whom is the father of the novel's protagonist, [[Zhang Wuji]].

According to ''The Complete Collection of Mr Zhang Sanfeng'', he might have been still alive in the reign of the [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming|Tianshun Emperor]] (r. 1457–1464) of the [[Ming dynasty]]. The emperor, who was unable to find Zhang Sanfeng, gave him the title of ''[[zhenren]]'' (Taoist immortal).<ref>{{Cite web |last=李西月 |title=张三丰先生全集 |url=https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=979959&remap=gb |website=Chinese Text Project}}</ref>