TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pregadio,Fabrizio
TI  - Great clarity: Daoism and alchemy in early medieval China 
T2  - Asian religions & cultures
SN  - 1429415991
AV  - BL1920 .P74 2005eb
U1  - 299.5/14/0931 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Taoism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Alchemy
KW  - Taoïsme
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Alchimie
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Taoism
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336) and index; Front matter --; CONTENTS --; List of Figures and Tables --; Conventions --; Preface --; Introduction --; PART ONE: THE HEAVEN OF GREAT CLARITY AND ITS REVELATIONS --; PART TWO: THE ELIXIRS OF THE GREAT CLARITY --; PART THREE: A HISTORY OF THE GREAT CLARITY --; PART FOUR: TEXTS OF THE GREAT CLARITY --; PART FIVE: THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT CLARITY --; APPENDIXES --; Notes --; Glossary --; Works Quoted --; Index
N2  - Fabrizio Pregadio extensively examines the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. The main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period (third to sixth centuries)
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