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Language: English
Published by Element Books Ltd, 1995
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- Title
- The Secret of Everlasting Life: The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality
- Author
- Wei Boyang
- Publisher
- Element Books Ltd
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1852305681
- ISBN 13
- 9781852305680
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Synopsis
This a translation from the Chinese 2nd century "Can Dong Qi", the earliest text on transformation, with original Chinese commentaries. The author's own commentary explains the intricacies of the text's allegorical symbolism for the Western reader while the text itself and the original commentaries are full of practical information and advice about the human transformation process.
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