Explorations in Daoism: Medicine and Alchemy in Literature (Needham Research Institute Series) - Softcover

Yoke, Ho Peng

 
9780415691277: Explorations in Daoism: Medicine and Alchemy in Literature (Needham Research Institute Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415691273 ISBN 13: 9780415691277
Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts, however many of these texts are undated and anonymous. This book brings together an extraordinary compendium of data on alchemical knowledge in China, describing the methods used for dating important alchemical texts in the Daoist canon.

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About the Author

Ho Peng Yoke has published widely on Chinese alchemy, astronomy, divination and mathematics. He occupied senior academic positions in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and Hong Kong before becoming the Director of the Needham Research Institute in 1990. On his retirement at the end of 2001 he became its Emeritus Director. He is an academician of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Academia Sinica and the International Euro-Asia Academy of Science.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415691273
ISBN 13 
9780415691277
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256

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