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Daoist modern : innovation, lay practice, and the community of inner alchemy in Republican Shanghai /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liu, Xun, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2009.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 313.
Subjects:
Taoism > China > Shanghai > History > 20th century.
Chen, Yingning, > 1880-1969 > Influence.
Shanghai (China) > Religious life and customs.
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) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Shanghai (China) > Politics and government > 20th century.
China > History > Republic, 1912-1949.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.