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Format: 1 online resource (385 pages)

ISBN: 9780804767736

Series Statement: Asian Religions and Cultures Ser.

Content: A study of the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy and its relation to the Taoist traditions of the early medieval period.

Content: Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Conventions -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: The Heaven of Great Clarity and Its Revelations -- 1. The Early History of Chinese Alchemy and the Way of the Great Clarity -- 2. The Heaven of Great Clarity -- 3. The Great Clarity Corpus -- Part Two: The Elixirs of the Great Clarity -- 4. The Crucible and the Elixir -- 5. Ritual Sequence -- 6. The Medicines of Great Clarity -- Part Three: A History of the Great Clarity -- 7. Gods, Demons, and Elixirs: Alchemy in Fourth-Century Jiangnan -- 8. The Way of the Great Clarity and Daoism in the Six Dynasties -- Part Four: Texts of the Great Clarity -- 9. Scripture of the Nine Elixirs -- 10. Scripture of the Golden Liquor -- 11. Scripture of the Reverted Elixir in Nine Cycles -- Part Five: The Legacy of the Great Clarity -- 12. The Later History of Chinese Alchemy and the Decline of the Great Clarity -- Appendixes -- A. Dates of Texts in the Waidan Corpus -- B. Additional Notes on Great Clarity and Related Texts -- C. Additional Notes on the Commentary to the Scripture of the Nine Elixirs -- Notes -- Glossary -- Works Quoted -- Index.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9780804751773

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804751773

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 0-8047-6773-4 , 1-4294-1599-1

Series Statement: Asian religions & cultures

Content: Fabrizio Pregadio extensively examines the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. The main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period (third to sixth centuries).

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Front matter -- , CONTENTS -- , List of Figures and Tables -- , Conventions -- , Preface -- , Introduction -- , PART ONE: THE HEAVEN OF GREAT CLARITY AND ITS REVELATIONS -- , PART TWO: THE ELIXIRS OF THE GREAT CLARITY -- , PART THREE: A HISTORY OF THE GREAT CLARITY -- , PART FOUR: TEXTS OF THE GREAT CLARITY -- , PART FIVE: THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT CLARITY -- , APPENDIXES -- , Notes -- , Glossary -- , Works Quoted -- , Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8047-5177-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780804767736