Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu) by Despeux

Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004322158)

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Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu) by Despeux

Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu)

$164.00
Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu) by Despeux

Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu)

$164.00
Format: Hardcover
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Catherine Despeux's book Taoism and Self Knowledge is a study of the Internal Alchemical text "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection." It begins with an analysis of pictographic and symbolic representation of the body in early Taoism after which the author examines different extant versions of the "Chart" as it was transmitted among Quanzhen groups in the Qing dynasty. The book is comprised of four main parts: the principal parts of the body and their nomenclature in Internal Alchemy, the spirits in the human body, and the alchemical processes and procedures used in thunder rituals and self-cultivation. This is a revised, expanded edition of the original French edition Taoïsme et connaissance de soi. La carte de la culture de la perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Paris, 2012.

Author: Catherine Despeux
ISBN-10: 9004322159
ISBN-13: 9789004322158
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2018
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.90d
By Catherine Despeux
By Catherine Despeux
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Catherine Despeux, Ph.D (1976), Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, is honorary professor of Chinese thought. She has published and edited monographs, translations and articles on Chinese Buddhism, Taoism and Medicine, including the edition of Médecine, religion et société dans la Chine médiévale. Les manuscrits médicaux de Dunhuang, Paris 2010.

Jonathan Pettit, Ph.D. (2013), University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa, is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Religions. He has published articles on early medieval notions of geography and Daoist ritual. He has also written articles on early Republican redemptive societies. His work focuses on the production, circulation, and reproduction of early Daoist scriptures.

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