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The emergence of Taoism during the 3rd through 8th centuries as China's indigenous higher religion affected all areas of culture. This volume, one of a pair by Paul Kroll (its companion dealing with other aspects of medieval Chinese literature and cultural history), brings together twelve studies by this leading scholar of medieval China which illuminate selected aspects of Taoism in texts dating... Read more
Contents: Preface; Taoist Studies: On Far Roaming; In the halls of the Azure Lad; Spreading open the barrier of Heaven; The light of Heaven in medieval Taoist verse; The divine songs of the Lady of Purple Tenuity; Szu-ma Ch'eng-chen in T'ang verse; Notes on three Taoist figures of the T'ang dynasty. Lo Po Studies: Li Po's Rhapsody on the Great P'eng Bird; Li Po's transcendent diction; Li Po's purple haze; The road to Shu, from Zhang Zai to Li Bo; Dharma bell and dharani pillar: Li Po's Buddhist inscriptions; Index.
Biography
Paul W. Kroll is Professor of Chinese in the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Colorado, USA and the editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society.
