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This work originally appeared as Taoïsme et connaissance de soi in 2012. Guy Trédaniel Editeur © Paris, 2012.
Cover illustration: Manifestation of the “Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven” (Xuantian Shangdi 玄天上帝), i.e., Zhenwu 真武, above the Mount Wudang in 1413. Da Ming Xuantian shangdi ruiying tulu 大明玄天上帝瑞應圖錄 (DZ 959), 16a–b. BNF 9546/952.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Despeux, Catherine, author. | Pettit, J. E. E., translator.
Title: Taoism and self knowledge : the chart for the cultivation of perfection (Xiuzhen tu) / by Catherine Despeux ; translated by Jonathan Pettit.
Other titles: Taoisme et connaissance de soi. English
Description: Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, [2019] | Series: Sinica leidensia, ISSN 0169–9563 ; volume 142 | In English translated from the original French. | “This work originally appeared as Taoisme et connaissance de soi in 2012. Guy Tredaniel Editeur (c) Paris, 2012”— Title verso. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018047060 (print) | LCCN 2018049610 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004383456 (E-book) | ISBN 9789004322158 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Taoism and science. | Xiuzhen tu. | Human body—Religious aspects—Taoism. | Alchemy—Religious aspects—Taoism. | Human anatomy—Atlases.
Classification: LCC BL1942.85.S35 (ebook) | LCC BL1942.85.S35 D4713 2018 (print) | DDC 299.5/1444—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018047060
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ISSN 0169-9563
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