Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China

by Fabrizio Pregadio

This is the first book to examine extensively the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy. Its main focus is the relation of alchemy to the Daoist traditions of the early medieval period (third to sixth centuries). It shows how alchemy contributed to and was tightly integrated into the elaborate body of doctrines and practices that Daoists built at that time, from which Daoism as we know it today evolved. The book also clarifies the origins of Chinese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804751773
• ISBN13: 9780804751773
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"