Is “Possessed a seven-orificed heart and encountered heartless vegetables” true?
novel invention
The episode where Bi Gan, protected by a charm from Jiang Ziya, has his heart replaced, and later dies after asking a woman selling heartless vegetables a question, is a fictional invention in Investiture of the Gods, based on folk myths.
Bi Gan
A Shang dynasty royal minister who was executed by Emperor Xin for his forceful remonstrance in official history becomes, in fiction, the subject of myths about a seven-orificed heart and heartless vegetables.