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Taoism and Chinese Religion

The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters

by Stephen Eskildsen

A study of the founders of the Complete Perfection school, Wang Chongyang and his disciples, based on their writings and hagiographies. Eskildsen examines their asceticism, meditation, inner alchemy and accounts of miracles and visions.

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