Understanding Reality : : A Taoist Alchemical Classic / / Chang Po-tuan.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2022] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- UNDERSTANDING REALITY: A Direct Explanation
- I Sixteen verses, representing "eight ounces" of yin and "eight ounces" of yang, forming "one pound" of elixir
- II Sixty-four verses modeled on the number of signs in the I Ching
- III One verse representing the Great One engulfing true energy
- IV Twelve verses on the moon over the West River, representing the twelve months
- V Five verses, representing the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire, earth
- The Outer Collection
- I. Four four-line verses
- II. Verses on various themes
- The moon on the West River —twelve verses
- GLOSSARY
- READINGS