Great Clarity

Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Eastern Religions, Taoism
Cover of the book Great Clarity by Fabrizio Pregadio, Stanford University Press
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Author: Fabrizio Pregadio ISBN: 9780804767736
Publisher: Stanford University Press Publication: February 27, 2006
Imprint: Stanford University Press Language: English
Author: Fabrizio Pregadio
ISBN: 9780804767736
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication: February 27, 2006
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Language: English

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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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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