Document #1107939
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
In Chinese Taoism a hsien (Pinyin:
xian) is an "an immortal who has achieved divinity through devotion
to Taoist practices and teachings" (New Encyclopaedia
Britannica 1989, 100). However, based on the information
provided, neither the documentary sources consulted, nor an oral
source contacted by the Research Directorate, were able to identify
a religion or practice with the name Xian Jun Fu Zhu.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Response.
Reference
The New Encyclopaedia
Britannica. 1989. 15th ed. Vol. 6. Edited by Philip W. Goetz.
Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Additional Sources Consulted
. Religious Repression in China.
China Rights Forum [New York].
1997-1998.
China Journal [Canberra].
1997-1999.
Encyclopaedia of Religion 1987.
Edited by Mircea Eliade. New York: MacMillian Publishing
Company.
Human Rights Watch (HRW). December 1995.
China: Religious Persecution Persists.
Human Rights Watch/Asia (HRW). October 1997.China: State Control of Religion.
Professor of Sociology, University of
California at San Diego. 9 March 1999. Telephone interview.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact three
oral sources.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases,
Internet, REFWORLD, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC.