This exciting new work translates two 12th-century texts associated with the legendary immortals Zhongli Quan and Lü Dongbin, founders of the Zhong Lü tradition of internal alchemy. First, the Zhong-Lü chuandao ji, in dialogue format, outlines the cosmological parameters of...
This is the first part of a complete, annotated translation of the Zhen’gao, Tao Hongjing’s (456-536) masterful compilation of the Shangqing or Higher Clarity revelations, setting the stage for the heyday of medieval Daoism. This volume presents its first part...
Highest Clarity (Shangqing) was a Daoist religious movement that flourished for a thousand years in medieval China. This book explores its chief religious ideas and practices through three key texts, translated into English for the first time. Together with introductory...
In medieval Daoist practice as much as today, the alignment of the body and the harmonization of qi bring about the transformation of the emotions and the unfold-ing of spirit. In addition, progress along the path also requires the rethinking...
The Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Dao) is a key document of medieval debates among Buddhists and Daoists. Written by the Daoist renegade Zhen Luan in 570, it aims to expose inconsistencies in Daoist doctrine, cosmology, ritual, and religious practice....
Experimental Essays on Zhuangzi is a classic in the field. Originally published in 1983, this edition makes it available again in an expanded version, with four additional contributions by Harold Roth, Deborah Sommer, Erin Cline, and Ronnie Littlejohn. The volume...
A collection of thirteen essays on the ancient Daoist philosophical work Zhuangzi, this presents new angles and approaches. It overcomes the traditional division of schools in favor of topics, sheds new light on key philosophical notions, examines Zhuangzi’s relation to...
Zhuangzi: Thinking through the Inner Chapters is a major contribution to the philosophical understanding of Zhuangzi as seen by the foremost representative of new Chinese scholarship. Besides giving detailed readings of all seven Inner Chapters, the book also provides historical and...
Zhuangzi: Text and Context is a comprehensive discussion of the ancient Daoist work Zhuangzi in 24 chapters, providing a chronologically-based outline of the context of the work, from the compilation of the text to its reading in 21st century ecology,...
Beyond the Daode jing is the first monograph to present early Twofold Mystery (chongxuan). teachings systematically to a Western audience. Dividing into four parts that cover historical context, key thinkers, major texts, and philosophy, the book ranges in its discussion...