The Secret of Everlasting Life : The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertschinger, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alchemy--China.

Elixir of life.

Taoism.

Local Subjects:

Alchemy--China.

Elixir of life.

Taoism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.

Summary:

The Secret of Everlasting Life is the first translation from the Chinese of the second-century Can Dong Qi. This ancient work, the earliest known text on transformation and immortality, echoes the wisdom and poetry of the Tao Te Ching and I Ching. This translation reveals the meditation methods practised for thousands of years by Taoist sages.

Contents:

THE SECRET OF EVERLASTING LIFE: The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Wei Boyangs' Text; 1. The Yin and Yang, Inner Vitality and Energy; 2. The Person of True Virtue who Fully Understands; 3. Secretly Hidden Away and Forgotten; 4. The Matching of the Moon-Phases; 5. The Function of the Shifting Lines; 6. The Ruler and Minister in Managing Government; 7. Fostering Your Inborn Nature and Secring Your Life; 8. How the Son and Daughter Need Each Other; 9. A Lucky Match for Our Good Prince

10. Understanding the Double-entranced Cave of Knowledge11. Developing the Self Within to Build a Foundation; 12. The Wise Sages' Secret Refinery; 13. The Mild-Mannered Maiden and the Yellow Shoot; 14. The unstable Pearl and the Golden Flower; 15. These Four in Makeshift Chaos; 16. Dawna nd Dusk, penalties and Powers; 17. You Begin Thinking on Someone You Meet; 18. Wei Boyangs' Own Postface; Xu Conshi's Text; 19. The Overall Ordering of Great Change; 20. Heaven and Earth Set the Stage; 21. The Sun and Monn, Those Suspended Images; 22. The Wise of Old Observed the Skies Above

23. The Three Sages' former Conceptions24. The Two Separated Energies Lovingly Transform; 25. The Three Jewels, The Real Crux; 26. Understanding the Perverted and False Paths; 27. Things of the Same Kind Essentially Join; 28. The Two Bows of the Dragon and the Tiger; 29. Gold Reverts back to its Nature; 30. Entry by a Side Entrance Will See No Result; 31. The Golden Elixir on a Kinfe-Point; 32. The Two Soils complete the Work; 33. Water and Fire, Inner Natures and Fellings; Addendum; 34. A Model of Successful Achievement; 35. The Mystery Use of the Cauldron Vessel; Terms Used in This Book

Translation and History of the TextAdditional Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9781283905503

1283905507

9780857010544

0857010549

OCLC:

711747271