Rhetorical voices in the neidan tradition : an interdisciplinary analysis of the Nüdan hebian (pref. 1906) compiled by He Longxiang (fl. 1900-1906)
This dissertation explores the discursive voices present in a late Qing inner alchemy (neidan) compilation, the Nudan hebian. Inner alchemy is a meditation/visualization practice centered on purification of the physical body as the essential element in gaining physical immortality; therefore the phy...
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McGill University
2007
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=102839 |