Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion by Stephen Eskildsen

Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion

Suny Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Stephen Eskildsen

282 pages missing pub info (editions)

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Using a wide variety of original sources, this book brings to light how and why asceticism was carried out by Taoists during the first six centuries of the common era. It examines the practices of fasting, celibacy, self-imposed poverty, wildernes...

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