Daoism, Meditation, and the Wonders of Serenity : From the Latter Han Dynasty (25-220) to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Opening Comments -- The Ancient Precedents -- The Laozi -- The Zhuangzi -- The Neiye -- Overview -- 2. The Earliest-Known Daoist Religious Movements -- The Taiping Group Texts 太平經(the Great Peace, Gp Synopsis, Gp Instructions) -- The Laozi Xiang'er zhu 子想爾注 (Laozi-Xiang'er) -- 3. Dramatic Physical and Sensory Effects -- Surges of Primal Qi: The Xiandao jing 經 (The Manifest Dao) -- The Rushi Si Chizi Fa 入室思 子法(Contemplating the Baby) -- The Taishang Hunyuan Zhenlu 太上混元真 (the True Record) -- 4. Integrating Buddhism: Earlier Phase -- The Xisheng Jing 昇經 (the Western Ascension) -- The Xuwu Ziran Benqijing 無 然本 經 (the Original Arising) -- 5. Integrating Buddhism: Emptiness and the Twofold Mystery -- The Benji Jing 本 經 (the Original Juncture) -- The Wuchu Jing 五廚經 (the Five Kitchens) -- The Qingjing Jing 清 經 (the Clarity and Calmness) -- 6. Serenity and the Reaffirmation of Physical Transformation -- The Zuowang Lun 坐忘 (Sitting and Forgetting) -- The Dingguan Jing 定 經 (Stability and Observation) -- 7: Serenity, Primal Qi, and Embryonic Breathing -- The Cunshen Lianqi Ming 存神 氣 (the Inscription) -- The Taixi jing zhu 息經 (Embryonic Breathing) -- 8: Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources in English and French -- Secondary Sources in Chinese and Japanese -- Primary Sources in the Daoist Canon (Zhengtong Daozang 正統 [1445] and Xu Daozang 續 [1607] -- Primary Sources Outside the Taoist Canon -- Index.

An overview of Daoist texts on passive meditation from the Latter Han through Tang periods.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.