num_pages: 282
description: Using a wide variety of original sources, this book examines how and why early Taoists carried out such ascetic practices as fasting, celibacy, sleep deprivation, and wilderness seclusion.
language: English
title: Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion
titlecomplete: Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion (SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)
ratings_count: 7
publisher: State University of New York Press