Robinet, Isabelle.

Taoism : growth of a religion / Isabelle Robinet ; translated by Phyllis Brooks. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1997. - xx, 296 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-281) and index.

Introduction: Definitions and controlling concepts -- The Warring States (Fourth to Third Centuries B.C.) -- New elements under the Han -- The celestial masters -- Ge Hong and his tradition -- The Shangqing school -- The Lingbao school -- The Tang Period -- Under the Song and the Yuan: interior alchemy -- Conclusion.


Translated from the French.

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Taoism--History.
Taoïsme.
Taoismus.

BL1910 / .R63 1997

299.51409