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Taoism and self knowledge : the chart for the cultivation of perfection (Xiuzhen tu) / by Catherine Despeux ; translated by Jonathan Pettit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Despeux, Catherine, author.
- Series:
- Sinica Leidensia 142.
- Sinica leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 142
- Standardized Title:
- Taoisme et connaissance de soi. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Taoism and science.
- Human body--Religious aspects--Taoism.
- Human body.
- Alchemy--Religious aspects--Taoism.
- Alchemy.
- Human anatomy--Atlases.
- Human anatomy.
- Xiuzhen tu.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English translated from the original French.
- Summary:
- Catherine Despeux’s book Taoism and Self Knowledge is a study of the Internal Alchemical text "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection." It begins with an analysis of pictographic and symbolic representation of the body in early Taoism after which the author examines different extant versions of the "Chart" as it was transmitted among Quanzhen groups in the Qing dynasty. The book is comprised of four main parts: the principal parts of the body and their nomenclature in Internal Alchemy, the spirits in the human body, and the alchemical processes and procedures used in thunder rituals and self-cultivation. This is a revised, expanded edition of the original French edition Taoïsme et connaissance de soi. La carte de la culture de la perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Paris, 2012.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chinese Inner Alchemy and Body Maps
- Different Versions of the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu)
- A Description of the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection
- The Main Alchemical Loci Inscribed in the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection
- The Body, World of Deities According to the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection
- Alchemical Methods According to the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection
- Thunder Processes Illustrated by the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection
- Conclusion
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- "This work originally appeared as Taoisme et connaissance de soi in 2012. Guy Tredaniel Editeur (c) Paris, 2012"-- Title verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-38345-X
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004383456 DOI
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