Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian) is one of the most important and best-known Taoist alchemical texts. Written in the eleventh century, it describes in a poetical form, and in a typically cryptic and allusive language, several facets of Neidan, or internal alchemy. The present book presents the first part of the text, consisting of sixteen poems, which contain a concise but comprehensive exposition of Neidan. In addition to notes that intend to clarify the meaning of the more obscure points, the book also contains selections from a commentary dating from the late eighteenth century, which is distinguished by the use of a lucid and plain language.
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Awakening to Reality
The “Regulated Verses” of the Wuzhen pian, a Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy
by Fabrizio Pregadio
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Awakening to Reality: The “Regulated Verses” of the Wuzhen pian, a Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy
2009, Golden Elixir Press
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Table of Contents
Preface, vii
Introduction, 1
Translation, 21
Selections from Liu Yiming’s Commentary, 75
Textual Notes, 89
Glossary of Chinese Characters, 95
Works Quoted, 101
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