Is “Immortals used magic to rescue Guzhu” true?
novel invention
Records of the Grand Historian, 'Biographies of Boyi and Shuqi', describes Shuqi as a noble gentleman of Guzhu; no pre-Qin text mentions any occult arts or divine interventions.
Shu Qi
In history, he and his elder brother Boyi yielded the throne to each other and starved to death for righteousness; in fiction, they are equally portrayed as paragons of virtue.