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To live as long as heaven and earth : a translation and study of Ge Hong's traditions of divine transcendents /

In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendents--deathless beings with supernormal powers. Practitioners developed dietetic, alchemical, meditative, gymnastic, sexual, and medicinal disciplines (some of which are still practiced today) to perfect themselves and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Campany, Robert Ford, 1959-
Other Authors: Ge, Hong, 284-364
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Series:Daoist classics ; 2.
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Online Access:Texto completo