Is “Possessed a seven-orificed heart and encountered heartless vegetables” true?

novel invention

The plot in which Bi Gan, due to Jiang Ziya's talisman, has his heart replaced, encounters a woman selling heartless vegetables, and after their exchange dies suddenly, is a fictional episode created by "Investiture of the Gods" based on folk mythology. (Original text: “只听得路傍有一妇人手提筐篮,叫卖无心菜。比干忽听得,勒马问曰:“怎么是无心菜?”妇人曰:“民妇卖的是无心菜。””, source: data/raw/fengshen/卷027.txt)

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.

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