Traces of a Daoist Immortal is a Daoist-infused tour de force on the Daoist mountain hermit Chen Tuan ?? (Xiyi ?? [Infinitesimal Subtlety]; d. 989) and his fellow "hidden immortals."
Breaking various academic taboos, including hyper-historicism, social constructivism, and conformist mentalities, here Komjathy, in an aspirational gesture towards unbridled inquiry, offers annotated translations and scholarly introductions to ten major works associated with the Daoist immortal.
The book also contains a cutting-edge, mythopoetic introduction that addresses the life and legend of Chen Tuan, his connection to the Western Marchmount of Huashan ?? (Mount Hua; Huayin, Sh?nxi), Daoist views about sleeping, dreaming, waking, as well as Daoist time-being.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Maße
Höhe: 244 mm
Breite: 160 mm
Dicke: 38 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-90-04-69142-1 (9789004691421)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Louis Komjathy ??? (Ph.D., Religious Studies; Boston University) is Director, Chongxuan ?? Chair, and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Daoist Studies ????, the education and research branch of the Daoist Foundation ????? (United States). His most recent books include Primer for Translating Daoist Literature (2022), the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of Handbooks for Daoist Practice (2023), and Daode jing: A Contextual, Contemplative, and Annotated Bilingual Translation (2023). He lives in semi-seclusion in the Taconic Mountains of Vermont.
Fore-Thought(s)
(Un)knowledge-ments
Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
By Way of/around Introduction: in Praise of Idleness
1 Outside/Inside of Court
2 Living in the Mountains
3 Poetic Expression
4 Refining the Elixir
5 Conversations with the Hempclad Daoist
6 A Map of Nondifferentiation
7 Observing Emptiness
8 Attunement with the Seasons
?In Collaboration with Kate Townsend
9 The Sleep of Immortals
10 Future Escapades in the Past
Appendix 1: Known Extant Writings Associated with Chen Tuan ??
Appendix 2: Texts Translated in Traces of a Daoist Immortal
Appendix 3: Towards a Glossary of Immortality Studies
Appendix 4: Sleep Exercises Associated with Chen Tuan
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