Richard Bertschinger

The Secret of Everlasting Life (eBook, ePUB)

The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Secret of Everlasting Life is the first translation from the Chinese of the second-century Can Tong Qi. This ancient work, the earliest known text on transformation and immortality, echoes the wisdom and poetry of both the Tao Te Ching and I Ching. The Can Tong Qi is also the ancestral text of all Qi Gong exercises in China. This translation reveals for the first time the meditation methods practised for thousands of years by Taoist sages.

Presented here with its original Chinese commentaries, the Can Tong Qi is full of practical information and advice about the process of human transformation and how to nurture and develop the natural life-energy within us. Richard Bertschinger's additional commentary explains the intricacies of Chinese allegory and symbolism for the Western reader.

This book is an insightful read for anyone interested in Taoist thought, Chinese philosophy and culture, or Chinese medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857010544
• Artikelnr.: 38398191

Autorenporträt

Richard Bertschinger studied for ten years with the Taoist sage and Master, Gia-fu Feng. A practising acupuncturist, teacher of Chinese healing arts, and translator of ancient Chinese texts, he lives with his family in the hills of south west England.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations. Foreword. Introduction. Wei Boyang's Text. 1. The
Yin and Yang, Inner Vitality and Energy. 2. The Person of True Virtue Who
Fully Understands. 3. Secretly Hidden Away and Forgotten. 4. The Matching
of the Moon-phases. 5. The Function of the Shifting Lines. 6. The Ruler and
Minister in Managing Government. 7. Fostering Your Inborn Nature and
Securing Your Life. 8. How the Son and Daughter Need Each Other. 9. A Lucky
Match for Our Good Prince. 10. Understanding the Double-entranced Cave of
Knowledge. 11. Developing the Self Within to Build a Foundation. 12. The
Wise Sages' Secret Refinery. 13. The Mild-mannered Maiden and the Yellow
Shoot. 14. The Unstable Pearl and the Golden Flower. 15. These Four in
Makeshift Chaos. 16. Dawn and Dusk., Penalties and Powers. 17. You Begin
Thinking on Someone You Meet. 18. Wei Boyang's Own Postface. Xu Congshi's
Text. 19. The Overall Ordering of Great Change. 20. Heaven and Earth Set
the Stage. 21. The Sun and Moon, Those Suspended Images. 22. The Wise of
Old Observed the Skies Above. 23. The Three Sages' Former Conceptions. 24.
The Two Separate Energies Lovingly Transform. 25. The Three Jewels, the
real Crux. 26. Understanding the Perverted and False Paths. 27. Things of
the Same Kind Essentially Join. 28. The Two Boys of the Dragon and the
Tiger. 29. Gold Reverts Back to its Nature. 30. Entry by a Side Entrance
will see no Result. 31. The Golden Elixir on a Knife-point. 32. The Two
Soils Complete the Work. 33. Water and Fire, Their Inner Nature and
Feelings. Addendum. 34. A Model of Successful Achievement. 35. The
Mysterious Use of the Cauldron Vessel. Terms Used in this Book. Translation
and History of the Text. Additional Select Bibliography. Index.