Opening the Dragon Gate
the making of a modern Taoist wizard
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Author
Contributions
- Zheng, Shunchao, 1966- - Contributor
- Cleary, Thomas F., 1949- - Contributor
Publication
1996 - Charles E. Tuttle, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
70,500 words, Guess
Page Count
282 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1002206M
- ISBN-100804830983
- OCLC Control Number779140722
- OCLC Control Number422768246
- OCLC Control Number35317549
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- Internet Archiveopeningdragongat0000chen
- Library of Congress Control Number96041502
- Goodreads849087
- LibraryThing548106
Classifications
- DDC299/.514/092
- LCCBL1940.W36 C44 1996
Description
Opening the Dragon Gate is the authorized biography of Wang Liping (1949- ), a modern Taoist wizard. It is the true story of how a young boy becomes heir to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over eleven centuries. As told to his students Chen Kaiguo and Zheng Shunchao, the story tells of Liping's arduous fifteen-year apprenticeship with the masters, during which time he enters an ancient realm and learns the true source of health, healing, and long life. A compelling story of the making of a modern wizard, this book reveals never-before-available information about Taoist principles and procedures, people and places. Wang Liping imparts his knowledge on esoteric exercises, alchemical elixirs, mysteries of Man and Nature, and the secrets of inner transformation, making this a mystical and extraordinary book.
First Sentence
In the year 1960, one of the most momentous events in the secret history of China took place one night on a sacred mountain crag, unknown to all the world.
Excerpt
In the year 1960, one of the most momentous events in the secret history of China took place one night on a sacred mountain crag, unknown to all the world.
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