Alchemy, Medicine, Religion in the China of A.D. 320: The Nei P'ien of Ko Hung (Pao-p'u tzu). by Ko Hung

The M.I.T. Press [c1966]. . Hard Cover. Translated by James R. Ware. xiv, 388 p., index, 24 cm.; white dj lightly soiled, top edge curled. This copy has yellow highlighting on 6 pages, pink highlighting on 2 pages, red-ink underlining on 6 pages (two with marginal notes) and green ink underlining on 3 pages (some of this vandalism overlaps). The rest of the book is clean and in good condition. 'Never before published in any Western language except in fragments, this classical work of Chinese mysticism is a fundamental-- and fascinating-- source for the study of Taoism ('Deism') as belief and as practice.' 'In addition to the text, Ko Hung's autobiography is included, and 'A Taoist Library,' the bibliography of texts prepared by Ko Hung himself, is appended. There are also page references to Sun Hsing-yen's edition of the Chinese text...' stock#27447. Chinese philosophy, mysticism, mythology, religion, history of science