The herb calamus and the transcendent Han Zhong in Taoist literature
The role played by mineral and herbal drugs in the early development of the Daoist religion is as complex as it is important. This paper explores some of the many ways calamus was employed in traditional China in an attempt to provide data for further studies on Daoism and medicine. Calamus was used...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2015
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Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Pages: 293-305 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Sweet flag
/ Plants
/ Popular belief
/ Taoism
/ Han, Zhong ca. 2./3. Jh. v. Chr.
/ Hsien
/ History 200 BC-900
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia TB Antiquity TF Early Middle Ages |
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Han Zhong
B changpu B Daoism B Lingbao wufu B calamus |
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