num_pages: 112
description: Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian) is one of the most important and best-known Taoist alchemical texts. Written in the eleventh century it describes in a poetical form and in a typically cryptic and allusive language several facets of Neidan or Internal Alchemy. This book contains a translation of the first part of the text consisting of sixteen poems which provide a concise but comprehensive exposition of Neidan. In addition to notes that intend to clarify the meaning of the more obscure points the book also contains selections from Liu Yiming's commentary dating from the late 18th century which is distinguished by the use of a lucid and plain language.Available in paperback PDF and Kindle editions.Visit the web page on this book for more free samples.Table of Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 Translation 21 Selections from Liu Yiming's Commentary 75 Textual Notes 89 Glossary of Chinese Characters 95 Works Quoted 101
language: English
title: Awakening to Reality: The "Regulated Verses" of the Wuzhen pian, a Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy
publisher: Golden Elixir Press