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Great clarity : Daoism and alchemy in early medieval China / Fabrizio Pregadio.
Series: Asian religions & culturesPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2006.Description: xvii, 367 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0804751773 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780804751773 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 299.5/14/0931 22
- BL1920 .P74 2006
Contents:
The early history of Chinese alchemy and the way of the Great Clarity -- The Heaven of Great Clarity -- The Great Clarity corpus -- The crucible and the exlixir -- The ritual sequence -- The medicines of Great Clarity -- Gods, demons, and elixirs: alchemy in fourth-century Jiangnan -- The way of the Great Clarity and Daoism in the six dynasties -- Scripture of the Nine Elixirs -- Scripture of the Golden Liquor -- Scripture of the reverted Elixir in nine cycles -- The later history of Chinese Alchemy and the decline of Great Clarity.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-336) and index.
The early history of Chinese alchemy and the way of the Great Clarity -- The Heaven of Great Clarity -- The Great Clarity corpus -- The crucible and the exlixir -- The ritual sequence -- The medicines of Great Clarity -- Gods, demons, and elixirs: alchemy in fourth-century Jiangnan -- The way of the Great Clarity and Daoism in the six dynasties -- Scripture of the Nine Elixirs -- Scripture of the Golden Liquor -- Scripture of the reverted Elixir in nine cycles -- The later history of Chinese Alchemy and the decline of Great Clarity.
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