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To live as long as heaven and earth : a translation and study of Ge Hong's traditions of divine transcendents / Robert Ford Campany.
LIBRA BL1929 .C35 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campany, Robert Ford, 1959-
- Series:
- Daoist classics ; 2.
- Daoist classics ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taoists--China--Biography.
- Taoists.
- China.
- Ge, Hong, 284-364. Shen xian zhuan.
- Ge, Hong.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 607 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- This is the first-ever critical translation of one of the most important texts of early Chinese religious history, Traditions of Divine Transcendants (Shenxian zhuan) by the renowned figure Ge Hong. The Shenxian zhuan is an extremely important work for understanding medieval Chinese religion and has for centuries been a precious source for scholars.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-579) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520230345
- OCLC:
- 45909214
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