Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China: Asian Religions and Cultures
Autor Fabrizio Pregadioen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 feb 2006
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780804751773
ISBN-10: 0804751773
Pagini: 392
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Stanford University Press
Colecția Stanford University Press
Seria Asian Religions and Cultures
ISBN-10: 0804751773
Pagini: 392
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Stanford University Press
Colecția Stanford University Press
Seria Asian Religions and Cultures
Recenzii
"The book is beautifully set, adding value to its very informative, precise, marvelously detailed, and well-researched intellectual content."—Rudolf Pfister, East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
"Pregadio has given us vastly improved picture of early alchemy, one that will certainly inspire a new generation to jump the barriers of scholarly habit. His deep textual study and willingness to ask new questions show that it is not too late to revivify the study of alchemy and its religious connections."—N. Sivin, Journal of Chinese Studies
"Pregadio has chosen this multifaceted term [Great Clarity/Taiqing] to label the earliest alchemist tradition, which is the focus of this superb study. With this publication, Pregadio has proven himself to be the leading scholar of early alchemy in China."—Journal of Chinese Religions
Notă biografică
Fabrizio Pregadio is Acting Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University and General Editor of the Encyclopedia of Taoism (2005).
Descriere
A study of the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy and its relation to the Taoist traditions of the early medieval period.