A stairway to heaven : Daoist self-cultivation in early modern China / by Paul van Enckevort.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enckevort, Paul van 1976- author.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; v. 166.

Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; volume 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wu, Shouyang, 1552-1640.

Wu, Shouyang.

Confucianism--China.

Confucianism.

Philosophy, Confucian.

Confucianism and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 500 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

History and religion

An immortal in the family

Writing and publishing

The way of immortality

A stairway to heaven

An inversion of nature

The return to emptiness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 13, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Enckevort, Paul van 1976- Stairway to heaven

ISBN:

9789004707740

9004707743

OCLC:

1472923389

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.