From doctor to deity: Paosheng Tati, along with Hua Tuo, Sun Ssu-miao, and Shen Nung, all belong to the Chinese beliefs in medical deities. All were actual people, medical geniuses who after death became gods of medicine.
保生大帝與華陀、孫思邈，同屬中國的藥王信仰，都是生前真有其人的「神醫」，死後為人們神化成「醫神」。