Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master Paperback - 1993
by Ming-DAO Deng
This extraordinary spiritual odyssey "transcends the tangible and points to the mysteries of all we can imagine and all we cannot" (Los Angeles Times). Part adventure, part parable, this true story of the making of a Taoist ma ster leads readers through a labyrinth of Taoist practice, martial arts discipline, and international intrigue. Line drawings.
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For the first time in one volume--an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed "Little Butterfly" by his Taoist masters, he survives the upheaval of the Japanese occupation, and the later the Chinese Revolution, all the while becoming adept in the Taoist arts. Eventually his inner and outer journey lead him to America, where he becomes a Golden Gloves boxer and martial arts instructor.
Part adventure, part parable, Chronicles of Tao travels through a labyrinth of enigmatic Taoist practice, marital arts discipline, and international adventure.
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- Title Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master
- Author Ming-DAO Deng
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperOne, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1993-10-08
- ISBN 9780062502193 / 0062502190
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.14 x 1.28 in (23.47 x 15.60 x 3.25 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Taoism
- Category Philosophy
- Library of Congress subjects Kwan, Saihung, Taoists - China - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92056409
- Dewey Decimal Code 299.514
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