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BL
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590853
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b420072
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| Main Entry
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Porter, Bill,1943-
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| Title & Author
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Road to heaven : : encounters with Chinese hermits /\ Bill Porter ; photographs by Steven R. Johnson and the author.
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viii, 220 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1562790412 (alk. paper)
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: 9781562790417 (alk. paper)
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| Contents
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Chinese dynasties and republics. -- Map of the Sian area and Chungnan Mountains. -- Hermit heaven. -- Mountains of the Moon. -- If the world is muddy. -- On the trail of the Tao. -- Sound of the crane. -- Road to heaven. -- Cloud people. -- The bird that is a mountain. -- Crossing Heartbreak Bridge. -- Home of the evening star. -- Visiting Wang Wei, finding him gone. -- When the Tao comes to town. -- Note on the spelling of Chinese names.
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Porter, Bill,1943-Travel-- China.
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Recluses-- China.
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Buddhist priests-- China.
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Buddhist hermits-- China-- History-- 20th century.
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Taoists-- China-- History-- 20th century.
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Buddhist hermits-- China, Interviews.
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Taoists-- China, Interviews.
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Religion and sociology-- China.
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Taoists-- China.
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China, Religious life and customs.
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Zhongnan Mountain Region (China), Religious life and customs.
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China, Description and travel.
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Zhongnan Mountain Region (China), Description and travel.
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| Dewey Classification
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299/.51/0922
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| LC Classification
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CT9990.P67 1993
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| Added Entry
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Johnson, Steven R.
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