Gallery of Chinese Immortals: Selected Biographies Translated from Chinese Sources

By Lionel Giles

Book Overview

Centuries before the Christian era, Chinese mountain hermits, called hsien, are said to have achieved, by means of diet, exercise, breath, and meditation, in prolonging life far beyond the ordinary.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0404144780
• ISBN13: 9780404144784
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Ams Pr Inc
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.3" x 5.3"