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Understanding Reality : A Taoist Alchemical Classic / Chang Po-tuan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1987Description: 1 online resource (218 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780824875770
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/.5142 19
LOC classification:
  • BL1923 .C51613 1987eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- UNDERSTANDING REALITY: A Direct Explanation -- I Sixteen verses, representing "eight ounces" of yin and "eight ounces" of yang, forming "one pound" of elixir -- II Sixty-four verses modeled on the number of signs in the I Ching -- III One verse representing the Great One engulfing true energy -- IV Twelve verses on the moon over the West River, representing the twelve months -- V Five verses, representing the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire, earth -- The Outer Collection -- I. Four four-line verses -- II. Verses on various themes -- The moon on the West River —twelve verses -- GLOSSARY -- READINGS

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- UNDERSTANDING REALITY: A Direct Explanation -- I Sixteen verses, representing "eight ounces" of yin and "eight ounces" of yang, forming "one pound" of elixir -- II Sixty-four verses modeled on the number of signs in the I Ching -- III One verse representing the Great One engulfing true energy -- IV Twelve verses on the moon over the West River, representing the twelve months -- V Five verses, representing the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire, earth -- The Outer Collection -- I. Four four-line verses -- II. Verses on various themes -- The moon on the West River —twelve verses -- GLOSSARY -- READINGS

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