Taoism and Chinese Religion

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Contents Introduction Translator’s Preface Original Preface Part I. Chinese Religion inIts Historical Development 1. Ancient Religion 2. The Religious Crisis of the Warring States Period 3. Taoism 4. Buddhism 5. Confucianism Book II. The Mythology of Modern China 1. Popular Religion and the Three Religions 2. The Supreme Gods 3. The Gods of Nature 4. The Gods in Charge of Administrative Bodies 5. Gods of Professions, Trades, and Guilds 6. Gods Charged with Looking After Men Individually 7. Gods of the Other World Book III. The Society and Religion of the Ancient Chinese and of the Modern Tai 1. Peasant Life 2. Spring Festivals 3. Official Religion 4. Mythology 5. Funeral Customs Among the Black Tai of Upper Tonkin Book IV. How Was Buddhism Introduced into China? Book V. Taoism in Chinese Religious Beliefs of the Six Dynasties Period 1. Taoist Adepts and the Search for Immortality: Bodily Techniques 2. Spiritual Techniques: Inner Vision, Meditation, and Mystical Union 3. The Taoist Church and the Salvation of the Faithful: Institutions and Ceremonies Book VI. The Poet Hsi K’ang and the Club of Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Book VII. An Essay on Taoismin the First Centuries A.D. Preface by Paul Demiéville Bibliographical Introduction 1. Individual Religious Life and the Search for Immortality 2. Taoist Communities and Public Worship 3. Taoism and the Beginnings of Buddhism in China 4. Appendix: Historical Notes on the Origins and Development of the Taoist Religion up to the Han Period Book VIII. How To Communicate with the Taoist Gods Book IX. Methods of “Nourishing the Vital Principle” in the Ancient Taoist Religion Introduction 1. First Part: Breathing Techniques 2. Second Part: Methods of Uniting Yin and Yang to Nourish the Vital Principle 3. Third Part: Gymnastics, Tao-yin Key to Sources Maspero Used Glossary-Index