Awakening to Reality
The "Regulated Verses" of the Wuzhen pian, a Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy
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Word Count
28,000 words, Guess
Page Count
112 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100984308210
- ISBN-139780984308217
- Library of Congress Control Number2009912822
- OCLC Control Number539099918
- Open LibraryOL23959183M
Description
Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian) is one of the most important and best-known Taoist alchemical texts. Written in the eleventh century, it describes in a poetical form, and in a typically cryptic and allusive language, several facets of Neidan, or internal alchemy. This book presents the first part of the text, consisting of sixteen poems, which contain a concise but comprehensive exposition of Neidan. In addition to notes that intend to clarify the meaning of the more obscure points, the book also contains selections from a commentary dating from the late eighteenth century, which is distinguished by the use of a lucid and plain language.
Description
<I>Awakening to Reality</I> (<I>Wuzhen pian</I>) is one of the most important and best-known Taoist alchemical texts. Written in the eleventh century, it describes in a poetical form, and in a typically cryptic and allusive language, several facets of Neidan, or internal alchemy. This book presents the first part of the text, consisting of sixteen poems, which contain a concise but comprehensive exposition of Neidan. In addition to notes that intend to clarify the meaning of the more obscure points, the book also contains selections from a commentary dating from the late eighteenth century, which is distinguished by the use of a lucid and plain language.
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