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" The wandering Taoist / "
Deng Ming-Dao ; portraits by Kwan Saihung ; diagrams by Deng Ming-Dao.
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BL
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891704
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Deng, Ming-Dao
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| Title & Author
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The wandering Taoist /\ Deng Ming-Dao ; portraits by Kwan Saihung ; diagrams by Deng Ming-Dao.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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San Francisco :: Harper & Row,, ©1983.
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xxi, 240 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0062502255
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: 9780062502254
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| Notes
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First book of the author's trilogy, the second of which is Seven bamboo tablets of the cloudy satchel, and the third, Gateway to a vast world.
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| Contents
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pt. I. Childhood. The Taishan Festival -- A chance encounter -- The Guan Family Mansion -- The mischievous student -- Journey with two acolytes -- Entering another world -- pt. II. Early years on Huashan. The Grand Mountains -- Learning from the natural world -- The wisdom of cycles -- Immortals -- The grand master of Huashan -- Turning point at twelve -- Luohans, herbs, and qigong -- pt. III. Martial wanderings and meditation. Wudangshan -- Yang Chengfu and Taijiquan -- The grand master challenges Saihung -- The second and third pillars -- pt. IV. Renunciation. A decision made alone -- Initiation -- Internal alchemy -- Learning herbalism -- Awakening the body centers -- A chance at immortality -- War -- Homecoming -- pt. V. Discovering the true self. The labyrinth -- Temptation and knowledge -- Internal gazing.
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Kwan, Saihung.
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Kwan, Saihung.
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Taoists-- China, Biography.
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Taoists.
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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299/.514/0924B
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| LC Classification
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BL1940.K93D46 1983
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Kwan, Saihung
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