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Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China

Carl Bielefeldt

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This is the first book to examine extensively the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. Its main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period . It shows how alchemy contributed to and was tightly integrated into the elaborate body of doctrines and practices that Daoists built at that time, from which Daoism as we know it today evolved. The book also clarifies the origins of Chinese alchemy and the respective roles of alchemy and meditation in self-cultivation practices. It contains full translations of three important medieval texts, all of them accompanied by running commentaries, making available for the first time in English the gist of the early Chinese alchemical corpus.

Language: English

Pages: 367

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Release: February 27, 2006

ISBN: 0804751773

ISBN 13: 9780804751773

Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China

Carl Bielefeldt

4.2/5 ( ratings)

This is the first book to examine extensively the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. Its main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period . It shows how alchemy contributed to and was tightly integrated into the elaborate body of doctrines and practices that Daoists built at that time, from which Daoism as we know it today evolved. The book also clarifies the origins of Chinese alchemy and the respective roles of alchemy and meditation in self-cultivation practices. It contains full translations of three important medieval texts, all of them accompanied by running commentaries, making available for the first time in English the gist of the early Chinese alchemical corpus.

Language: English

Pages: 367

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Release: February 27, 2006

ISBN: 0804751773

ISBN 13: 9780804751773

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