| Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China Contributor(s): Pregadio, Fabrizio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804751773 ISBN-13: 9780804751773 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: 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 (third to sixth centuries). 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Asia - China |
| Dewey: 299.514 |
| LCCN: 2005002981 |
| Series: Asian Religions and Cultures |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.5" W x 9.52" (1.50 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Taoism - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A study of the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy and its relation to the Taoist traditions of the early medieval period. |