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Methods of "Nourishing the Vital Principle" in the Ancient Daoist Religion

Methods of "Nourishing the Vital Principle" in the Ancient Daoist Religion

Maspero, Henri
Kierman, Frank A.

Paperback

Series: Quirin Pinyin Updated Editions (Qpue)

Health GeneralMetaphysical GeneralTaoism

ISBN10: 192216920X
ISBN13: 9781922169204
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Oct 15 2020
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Methods of Nourishing the Vital Principle in the Ancient Daoist Religion is a tiré à part of Book IX of Henri Maspero's seminal work Taoism and Chinese Religion, the Revised Edition of which was published by Quirin Press in 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-922169-04-4).


Among the texts through which Maspero explores the Daoist practices of longevity before and during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The Collection of Books New and Old on the Absorption of Breath Gathered by the Master of Yanling (Yanling xiansheng ji xinjiu fuqijing 延陵先生集新 舊服氣經), probably compiled in the middle of the eighth century by an otherwise unknown figure, is a detailed account of the Daoist practice of embryonic respiration (taixi 胎息). In general, embryonic respiration is an attempt to gain the vitality of the fetus-in particular, to reverse the process of aging-through a set of techniques intended to re-create the breathing of an embryo in the womb. These techniques, as set out in the text, reflect the increasing empha- sis within Daoism in the late Tang dynasty on internal rather than external practices.

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