Daoists and doctors : the role of medicine in six dynasties Shangqing Daoism

This dissertation examines the salvific and therapeutic practices of medieval Chinese Daoist organisations. Drawing on the most detailed ethnographic record of medical treatment in early medieval China, the Zhen’gao 真誥 [Declarations of the Perfected], this study examines the work of Yang Xi and the...

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Main Author: Stanley-Baker, M.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2013
Subjects:
900
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626154