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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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Autor principal: Kohn, Livia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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  • 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