| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 553 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Sinica Leidensia, 1547-1217 ; v. 75 [i.e. 76] |
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Sinica Leidensia ; v. 76.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction -- Approaches to Daoist Studies. On the Meaning of Quanzhen. Defi ning Characteristics. Scope of the Study; PART ONE EARLY QUANZHEN IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; Chapter One Historical Development -- Formative Phase. Wang Chongyang and the First-Generation Disciples. Incipient Organized and Organized Phases. From Religious Movement to Monastic Order |
| Summary |
This important work focuses on early Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, a twelfth-century Daoist religious movement and subsequent monastic order. Emphasis in this first study to approach Quanzhen from a comparative religious studies perspective is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, specific training regimens, and the types of experiences that were expected to follow from dedicated praxis. On the basis of historical contextualization and textual analysis it is demonstrated that in its formative and incipient organized phases Quanzhen was a Daoist religious community consi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-533) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wang, Chongyang, 1112-1170
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Wang, Chongyang, 1112-1170 |
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Quan zhen jiao.
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Taoism -- China
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RELIGION -- Taoism.
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Quan zhen jiao
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Taoism
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Taoïsme.
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Godsdienstige bewegingen.
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047421733 |
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9047421736 |
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