TY  - BOOK
AU  - Po-tuan,Chang
AU  - Cleary,Thomas
AU  - I-ming,Liu
TI  - Understanding Reality: A Taoist Alchemical Classic 
SN  - 9780824875770
AV  - BL1923 .C51613 1987eb
U1  - 299/.5142 19
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Honolulu : 
PB  - University of Hawaii Press, 
KW  - Alchemy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Taoism
KW  - Early works to 1800
KW  - Doctrines
KW  - RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824875770
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824875770
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824875770/original
ER  -