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Daoist modern : innovation, lay practice, and the community of inner alchemy in Republican Shanghai
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- Creator
- Xun Liu
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- x, 396 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674033094, 1684174864, 9780674033092, 9781684174867
- OCLC
- ocn560778920, on1132226497, ocn261174079
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Late Qing and early republican Daoism -- A journey from Anqing to Shanghai -- Innovating immortals' body : nationalism, antiquity, and science -- Practice makes perfect : inner alchemic techniques and regimens -- The inner alchemy community -- The print culture and revival of inner alchemy
Subjects
- Chen, Yingning, 1880-1969 -- Influence.
- Taoism -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
- Social change -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
- Laity -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
- Mind and body -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
- Community life -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century.
- Shanghai (China) -- Religious life and customs.
- Shanghai (China) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
- China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.