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156 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- Finding the Way -- The Path to Immortality -- The August Ones -- The Pill of Immortality -- The Original Breath -- Heaven Falls upon the Earth -- Taoism for the People -- The Eight Immortals -- The Eight Trigrams -- The Folk Setting of the Eight Immortals -- The Imperial Government -- Spirits of the Land -- The Jade Emperor's Court -- The Yellow Emperor, Kuan Yin and Lao Tzu -- Gods of Earth and Water -- The Courts of Hell -- Reincarnation and Ancestor Worship -- Changing the Future -- Turning to Magic -- THE STORIES -- The Jade Emperor's Birthday -- The Grottoes of Chung Ling -- Pai Shih's Drama -- The Dream of Lu Tung Pin -- The Oil Seller -- Shaoshing's Aromatic Pastries -- Lu Tung Pin's Vengence -- A Matchmaker for Kuan Yin -- The Path of Immortality -- The Student's Mother -- The Fragrant Nine Crooked Stream -- The Eight Immortals' Table -- The Punishment of K'uang Tzu Lien -- The Black Pearl -- The Lame Healer -- Donkey Fire -- A Thronged Straw Sandal -- Why Chang Kuo Lau Rides his Donkey Backwards -- The Bamboo Shoot that Grows Upside Down -- How Chang Kuo Lau Obtained a Donkey -- Ts'ao Kuo Chiu Repents his Sins -- How Ho Hsien Ku Became an Immortal -- Hundred Birds in a Mountain -- The Prophecies of Han Hsiang Tzu -- The Dragon Girl and the Immortal Flute -- The Flower Basket Epiphany -- P'eng Cho and the Eight Immortals -- Han Tzu and the Young Master -- APPENDIX ONE -- The Dynasties of China -- APPENDIX TWO -- The Heavenly Stems and the Twelve Earthly Branches -- APPENDIX THREE -- The Chinese Calendar. |
Subject |
Ba Xian (Taoist mythology)
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Taoist mythology.
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Ba Xian (Taoist mythology) (OCoLC)fst00824916
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Taoist mythology. (OCoLC)fst01142950
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Added Author |
Kwok, Man-Ho, 1943-
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O'Brien, Joanne, 1959-
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ISBN |
0452010705 |
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9780452010703 |
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