To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents (Taoist Classics, 2)

637 Pages·2002·4.07 MB·English

by  Robert Ford Campany

To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth
A
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DAOIST CLASSICS
Stephen R. Bokenkamp, editor
1. Early Daoist Scriptures,by Stephen R. Bokenkamp
2. To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study
of Ge Hong’s Traditions of Divine Transcendents, by Robert Ford Campany
To Live as Long
as Heaven and Earth
A Translation and Study of Ge Hong’s
Traditions of Divine Transcendents
Robert Ford Campany
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
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University of California Press
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University of California Press, Ltd.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Campany, Robert Ford, 1959–
To live as long as heaven and earth : a translation and study of Ge Hong’s traditions of divine
transcendents/Robert Ford Campany.
p. cm.—(Taoist classics ; 2)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-520-23034-5 (alk. paper)
1. Taoists—China—Biography. 2. Ge, Hong, 284–364. Shen xian zhuan. I. Title:
Translation and study of Ge Hong’s traditions of divine transcendents. II. Ge, Hong, 284–364.
Shen xian zhuan. English. III. Title. IV. Series.
BL1929 . C35 2002
299' .51423—dc21 2001027086
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To
Nel Westbrook Ford
George Clarke Ford, Jr.
Annie Agner Campany
cherished and beloved in memory
as long as I live

The important thing is to fulfill what is destined for you.
That is the most di‹cult thing ofall.
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zhuangzi