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

Paul van Enckevort

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China. To get started finding A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 518

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: BRILL

Release: 2024

ISBN: 9789004707740

Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China. To get started finding A Stairway to Heaven: Daoist Self-Cultivation in Early Modern China, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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