Taoism and self knowledge : : the chart for the cultivation of perfection (Xiuzhen tu) / / by Catherine Despeux ; translated by Jonathan Pettit.

Catherine Despeux’s book Taoism and Self Knowledge is a study of the Internal Alchemical text "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection." It begins with an analysis of pictographic and symbolic representation of the body in early Taoism after which the author examines different extant versi...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston, MA : : Brill,, [2018]
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
French
Series:Sinica Leidensia 142.
Physical Description:1 online resource (311 pages).
Notes:"This work originally appeared as Taoisme et connaissance de soi in 2012. Guy Tredaniel Editeur (c) Paris, 2012"-- Title verso.
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