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
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3037530
