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Taoism and Chinese religion / Henri Maspero ; translated by Frank A. Kierman, Jr
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Description: xxxiii, 578 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 0870233084
- 9780870233081
- Taoïsme et les religions chinoises. English
- 294.3 M412T
- BL1802 .M3813 1981
Contents:
Chinese religion in its historical development -- The mythology of modern China -- The society and religion of the ancient Chinese and of the modern Tai -- How was Buddhism introduced into China? -- Taoism in Chinese religious beliefs of the Six Dynasties period -- The poet Hsi K'ang and the Club of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove -- An essay on Taoism in the first centuries A.D. -- How to communicate with the Taoist gods -- Methods of "nourishing the vital principle" in the ancient Taoist religion
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Translation of Le taoïsme et les religions chinoises
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chinese religion in its historical development -- The mythology of modern China -- The society and religion of the ancient Chinese and of the modern Tai -- How was Buddhism introduced into China? -- Taoism in Chinese religious beliefs of the Six Dynasties period -- The poet Hsi K'ang and the Club of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove -- An essay on Taoism in the first centuries A.D. -- How to communicate with the Taoist gods -- Methods of "nourishing the vital principle" in the ancient Taoist religion
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