Early Chinese Mysticism : Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition /
Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture? This first integrated survey of the mystical dimension of Taoism disputes the commonly accepted idea of...
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION. Mysticism: The Chinese Case
- CHAPTER ONE. Mysticism: Experience, Practice, and Philosophy
- CHAPTER TWO. The Foundations of Chinese Mysticism
- CHAPTER THREE. Developments in Commentary Literature
- CHAPTER FOUR. The Immortalization of Philosophical Taoism
- CHAPTER FIVE. Ecstatic Explorations of the Otherworld
- CHAPTER SIX. The Impact of Buddhism
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Tang Synthesis
- CONCLUSION. Early Chinese Mysticism: An Evaluation
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index