Daoist Modern

Innovation, Lay Practice, and the Community of Inner Alchemy in Republican Shanghai

Xun Liu

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$49.95 • £43.95 • €45.95

ISBN 9780674033092

Publication Date: 07/01/2009

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396 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

18 halftones

Harvard University Asia Center > Harvard East Asian Monographs

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Figures
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Introduction
Late Qing and Early Republican Daoism
A Journey from Anqing to Shanghai
Innovating Immortals’ Body: Nationalism, Antiquity, and Science
Practice makes Perfect: Inner Alchemic Techniques and Regimens
The Inner Alchemic Community
The Print Culture and Revival of Inner Alchemy
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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