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A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China
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A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China

sidottu, 2024
englanti
By the eleventh century, communities of religious practitioners in China had developed a theory and practice of meditative self-cultivation that combined the so-called Three Teachings. By the seventeenth century, Wu Shouyang created a synthesis of the various lineages of this “inner alchemy,” combining it with elements from Buddhism and Confucianism. By the late nineteenth century, his writings had become bestsellers in the genre and his became the standard account of this tradition.
This first book-length English-language study of Wu Shouyang’s life and works introduces his remarkable life and formulates answers to fundamental questions about this important tradition.
ISBN
9789004695696
Kieli
englanti
Paino
983 grammaa
Julkaisupäivä
14.11.2024
Kustantaja
BRILL
Sivumäärä
500