03180oam 22005172 450 991079333980332120230124200457.090-04-38345-X10.1163/9789004383456(CKB)4100000007266615(MiAaPQ)EBC5615296(nllekb)BRILL9789004383456(EXLCZ)99410000000726661520181015d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTaoism and self knowledge : the chart for the cultivation of perfection (Xiuzhen tu) /by Catherine Despeux ; translated by Jonathan PettitLeiden ;Boston, MA :Brill,[2018]1 online resource (311 pages)Sinica leidensia,0169-9563 ;volume 142"This work originally appeared as Taoisme et connaissance de soi in 2012. Guy Tredaniel Editeur (c) Paris, 2012"-- Title verso.90-04-32215-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chinese Inner Alchemy and Body Maps -- Different Versions of the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen Tu) -- A Description of the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection -- The Main Alchemical Loci Inscribed in the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection -- The Body, World of Deities According to the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection -- Alchemical Methods According to the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection -- Thunder Processes Illustrated by the Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.Catherine Despeux’s book Taoism and Self Knowledge is a study of the Internal Alchemical text "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection." It begins with an analysis of pictographic and symbolic representation of the body in early Taoism after which the author examines different extant versions of the "Chart" as it was transmitted among Quanzhen groups in the Qing dynasty. The book is comprised of four main parts: the principal parts of the body and their nomenclature in Internal Alchemy, the spirits in the human body, and the alchemical processes and procedures used in thunder rituals and self-cultivation. This is a revised, expanded edition of the original French edition Taoïsme et connaissance de soi. La carte de la culture de la perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Paris, 2012.Sinica Leidensia142.Taoism and scienceHuman bodyReligious aspectsTaoismAlchemyReligious aspectsTaoismHuman anatomyAtlasesTaoism and science.Human bodyReligious aspectsTaoism.AlchemyReligious aspectsTaoism.Human anatomy299.514165Despeux Catherine1549402Pettit J. E. E.NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910793339803321Taoism and self knowledge3807416UNINA