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This book presents the first English annotated translation of the intriguing Taoist breathing manual Wuxi Zhi Zhi or Direct Instructions for the Five Breathings and practical instructions for self-study of Taoist breathing. Detailed notes explain the esoteric language of the text and reveal the relationship between Taoist breathing techniques and Taoist Internal Alchemy. The author has been researching and practicing Taoist breathing and Internal Alchemy since the late 1970s. Dr. Dan KJ Vercammen, an anthropologist-sinologist, is a leading authority on Taoist philosophy and practices. As a professor at China Arts College and head of research at the Taoist Alchemical Studies Center in Antwerp, Belgium, he merges academic rigor with practical expertise. With roots in anthropological fieldwork in China since 1985, he's not only a scholar but also a trained Taoist doctor, internal alchemist, and martial arts instructor. Author of over 30 books spanning Chinese culture, martial arts, Fine Arts, and Taoism, his work resonates globally. More information about his work can be found on the China Arts College website: www.taoiststudies.org.
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This book questions whether temples and Daoism are two independent aspects of modern Chinese religion or if they are indissolubly linked. It presents a useful analysis as to how modern history has changed the structure and organization of religious and social life in China, and the role that Daoism plays in this.Using an interdisciplinary approach combining historical research and fieldwork, this book focuses on urban centers in China, as this is where sociopolitical changes came earliest and affected religious life to the greatest extent and also where the largest central Daoist temples were and are located. It compares case studies from central, eastern, and southern China with published evidence and research on other Chinese cities. Contributors examine how Daoism interacted with traditional urban social, cultural, and commercial institutions and pays close attention to how it dealt with processes of state expansion, commercialization, migration, and urban development in modern times. This book also analyses the evolution of urban religious life in modern China, particularly the ways in which temple communities, lay urbanites, and professional Daoists interact with one another.A solid ethnography that presents an abundance of new historical information, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Asian studies, Daoist studies, Asian religions, and modern China.
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Éminent historien du taoïsme, Franciscus Verellen nous livre ici la première grande étude de la haute religion de la Chine dans sa phase de formation. S'appuyant sur le vaste corpus de textes conservés dans le Canon taoïste, et en dialogue avec les écritures du bouddhisme, ce travail élève les recherches sur le taoïsme au rang de celles sur les autres grandes religions du monde. Avec une érudition hors pair, l'auteur nous révèle un univers passionnant de pratiques individuelles et collectives, physiques et mystiques, sans dogmatisme et ouvert aux femmes et hommes de tous les horizons ». Kristofer Schipper, membre de l'Académie royale néerlandaise des arts et des sciences Parcourant huit siècles de l'histoire de la Chine, ce livre nous plonge dans la vision taoïste de l'humanité et de sa destinée. Les sources historiques du Moyen Âge chinois dépeignent un monde englouti par le mal, où l'existence humaine est gagée dès la naissance et accablée davantage au cours de la vie par une accumulation de dettes, ici-bas et dans l'au-delà. La propagation du bouddhisme vient bousculer la pensée chinoise sur les causes de la souffrance, la nature du mal et les visées de la rédemption. S'appuyant sur des textes de prière, des sermons liturgiques et des récits de témoignage, Franciscus Verellen conte comment sacrements taoïstes, pratiques de dévotion, rituels et exercices thérapeutiques agissaient sur le monde invisible pour surmonter l'angoisse liée à la perte, à la maladie, à la mort, et pour faire passer des ténèbres à la lumière l'« homme intérieur », affranchi, purifié, guéri.
Taoïsme --- Rites et cérémonies --- Histoire.
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Taoism --- Taoism. --- Taoïsme --- Liezi --- Appréciation.
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299.513 --- Taoism --- -Daoism --- Taouism --- Religions --- Tao --- Taoisme. Lao-tse --- History --- -Taoisme. Lao-tse --- 299.513 Taoisme. Lao-tse --- -299.513 Taoisme. Lao-tse --- Daoism --- Dictionaries
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