On her first assignment with a client, a prostitute was supposed to make a sacrifice to him.
[1] Baimei Shen has many resemblances with Guan Yu, the god of war, except for his white eyebrows and red eyes.
[3] Dao Zhi's legends were documented in much pre-Qin literature, such as in the works of Zhuangzi,[4] Mencius, and Xunzi.
[5] However, his identification as prostitution god was just begun since Ming dynasty, It was recorded in chapter 72 of Xiaozan 笑赞 (written by Zhao Nanxing[6]), chapter 8 of Zhan Gui Chuan 斩鬼传,[7] as well as other Ming-Qing literatures.
Baimei Shen is also identified with Ling Lun, the legendary music founder in Yellow Emperor era.