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It begins with an analysis of pictographic and symbolic representation of the body in early Taoism after which the author examines different extant versions of the "Chart" as it was transmitted among Quanzhen groups in the Qing dynasty.
The book is comprised of four main parts: the principal parts of the body and their nomenclature in Internal Alchemy, the spirits in the human body, and the alchemical processes and procedures used in thunder rituals and self-cultivation.
17 gru 2019 · TAOISM AND SELF KNOWLEDGE. THE CHART FOR THE CULTIVATION OF PERFECTION (XIUZHEN TU). By Catherine Despeux. Translated by Jonathan Pettit. Sinica Leidensia, Volume: 142. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2019. Pp. xiv + 297. Hardback, $150.00.
10 gru 2010 · The complete system of self-healing : internal exercises by Chang, Stephen T. (Stephen Thomas), 1935-Publication date 1986 Topics Exercise therapy, Medicine, Chinese, Exercise Therapy, Medicine, East Asian Traditional Publisher San Francisco, Calif. : Tao Pub. Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled
1 gru 2012 · Fu Manchu's almost instantaneous international popularity suggested omnipresence and evanescence, a phenomenon in constant flux and yet unchanging.
12 gru 2012 · This essay explores the workings of popular seriality with respect to the evolution of an ideologically fraught serial figure – Fu Manchu.
It shows how some fundamental categories of ancient Chinese philosophies, such as the yin-yang theory, and healing models, such as yang sheng (nurturing life), can help us understand how the immune system works and where the foundations of health are rooted.
