Daoist modern
Subtitle: innovation, lay practice, and the community of inner alchemy in Republican Shanghai
By: Xun Liu.
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 313
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780674033092
Subjects: Chen, Yingning, -- 1880-1969 -- Influence; Taoism -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Social change -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Laity -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Mind and body -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Community life -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century; Shanghai (China) -- Religious life and customs; Shanghai (China) -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government -- 20th century; China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Late Qing and early republican Daoism; title: A journey from Anqing to Shanghai; title: Innovating immortals' body : nationalism, antiquity, and science; title: Practice makes perfect : inner alchemic techniques and regimens; title: The inner alchemy community; title: The print culture and revival of inner alchemy.