Introducing Daoism

, by Kohn; Livia

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ISBN: 9780415439985 | 0415439981
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Copyright: 11/19/2008

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Introducing Daoism is a lively and accessible introduction to this influential Chinese religion, presenting its key concepts and major practices in an integrated historical survey.

List of illustrations	p. ix
Dynastic chart	p. x
Pronunciation guide	p. xii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Map of China	p. xiv
Introduction: background to Daoism	p. 1
Shang ancestors and divination	p. 1
The Yijing	p. 4
Philosophical schools	p. 8
Confucianism	p. 11
Foundations	p. 17
The Dao that can't be told	p. 19
The text of the Daode jing	p. 19
The Dao	p. 23
Creation and decline	p. 25
The sage	p. 26
Interpreting the Daode jing	p. 28
Lord Lao	p. 31
Ritual applications	p. 34
At ease in perfect happiness	p. 39
The Zhuangzi	p. 39
The world of Zhuang Zhou	p. 42
The ideal life	p. 45
Poetic adaptations	p. 46
The Zen connection	p. 49
From health to immortality	p. 52
Body energetics	p. 52
Qi cultivation	p. 54
Healing exercises	p. 56
Magical practitioners and immortals	p. 61
Cosmos, gods, and governance	p. 66
Yin and Yang	p. 67
The five phases	p. 68
The Chinese calendar	p. 71
Deities, demons, and divine rulers	p. 72
The ideal of Great Peace	p. 78
Development	p. 83
Major schools of the middle ages	p. 85
Celestial Masters	p. 86
Highest Clarity	p. 87
Numinous Treasure	p. 89
The theocracy	p. 91
The Three Caverns	p. 92
State religion	p. 96
Ethics and community	p. 100
The celestial connection	p. 100
Millenarian structures	p. 103
Self-cultivation groups	p. 106
Lay organizations	p. 107
Daoist art	p. 110
The monastic life	p. 111
Creation and the pantheon	p. 116
Creation	p. 116
Spells, charts, and talismans	p. 120
Heavens and hells	p. 124
Gods, ancestors, and immortals	p. 127
Religious practices	p. 132
Longevity techniques	p. 133
Breath and sex	p. 136
Meditation	p. 138
Visualization	p. 140
Body transformation	p. 142
Ritual activation	p. 145
Modernity	p. 151
Modern Daoism	p. 153
New texts and gods	p. 154
Ritual masters	p. 156
Complete perfection	p. 158
Imperial adaptations	p. 161
An expanded pantheon	p. 164
Reaching for the Dao	p. 171
Trance practices	p. 172
Internal alchemy	p. 174
Healing and martial arts	p. 177
Philosophical speculation	p. 181
Vernacular novels	p. 183
Daoism in China today	p. 188
Recent developments	p. 189
Structure and administration	p. 190
Daoist lives	p. 193
Ritual activities	p. 196
The qiqong connection	p. 201
Western adaptations	p. 205
Transmission in East Asia	p. 206
Western apperception	p. 208
Temples and communities	p. 212
Health practices	p. 215
Reflections	p. 221
The nature and study of Daoism	p. 223
Key characteristics	p. 223
Evolution of study	p. 226
Current trends	p. 228
Activities and resources	p. 232
Chronology of Daoist history	p. 238
The Daoist canon	p. 246
Glossary	p. 251
Index	p. 271
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Introducing Daoism

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