Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

by Stephen Eskildsen

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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.

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