{{Short description|Legendary figure of Zhou China}} {{For|the physicist|Xi Yin}} [[File:仙佛奇蹤 卷一 尹喜.png|thumb|left|A portrait of Yinxi]] [[File:Album of 18 Daoist Paintings - 18.jpg|thumb|Yinxi, the "Blue-green ram Transcendent" (''Qingyang xian'', 青羊仙), painting by [[Zhang Lu (painter)|Zhang Lu]] (1464–1538)]] '''Yinxi''', [[Wade-Giles|formerly]] [[romanization of Chinese|romanized]] as '''Yin-hsi''' ({{zh|links=no|c=尹喜|p=Yǐn xǐ}}), was a [[Chinese legend|legendary]] figure of [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] [[China]]. He was said to have been a guard at the western gate of the Zhou [[capitals of China|capital]] [[Chengzhou]] (present-day [[Luoyang]]) or, alternatively, at the western pass out of the [[Luo River (Henan)|Luo]]–[[Yi River (China)|Yi]] valley.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sages & Saints Part XIV: 尹喜 Yin Xi – The Gatekeeper – Purple Cloud|url=https://purplecloudinstitute.com/sages-saints-part-xiv-%e5%b0%b9%e5%96%9c-yin-xi-the-gatekeeper/|access-date=2020-10-06|language=en-AU}}</ref> His own wisdom caused him to halt [[Laozi]] on his way through the gate and, supposedly, he successfully importuned the sage to compose the ''[[Tao Te Ching]]'' before permitting him to pass.
He later wrote a book called ''Guan Yi'' which is of profound knowledge and revered by future scholars. He was also considered an ancient sage later on.
His own book, the ''Perfect Classic of the Beginning of the Scripture of the Supreme Way'' ({{zh|tp=Wushang miaodao wenshi zhenjing|c=無上妙道文始真經|labels=no}}) was lost in the [[Han period]], and later versions were considered to be forgeries.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Theobald |first1=Ulrich |title=Chinese Literature Guanyinzi 闕尹子 "Master Yin of the Pass" |url=http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Daoists/guanyinzi.html |publisher=China Knowledge |access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref>
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