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... Taoist interpretation of myth 17 : 1036g Hsi yang chi , novel by Lo Mao - teng . story and theme 10 : 1057c Hsi - yu chi ( " Record of a Journey to the West " ) , written by the long - anonymous Wu Ch'eng - en ( 1500 - c . 1582 ) , is ...
... Taoist interpretation of myth 17 : 1036g Hsi yang chi , novel by Lo Mao - teng . story and theme 10 : 1057c Hsi - yu chi ( " Record of a Journey to the West " ) , written by the long - anonymous Wu Ch'eng - en ( 1500 - c . 1582 ) , is ...
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... Taoist alchemist of China , tried to combine Confucian ethics with the occult doc- trines of Taoism . In his youth he received a Confucian education , but later he grew inter- ested in the Taoist cult of physical immortal- ity ( hsien ) ...
... Taoist alchemist of China , tried to combine Confucian ethics with the occult doc- trines of Taoism . In his youth he received a Confucian education , but later he grew inter- ested in the Taoist cult of physical immortal- ity ( hsien ) ...
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... Taoist who organized many of the ceremonies and rites of the Taoist cult and reformulated its theology . His influence was such that in 444 he had Taoism estab- lished as the official state religion of the Northern Wei dynasty ( 386-534 ) ...
... Taoist who organized many of the ceremonies and rites of the Taoist cult and reformulated its theology . His influence was such that in 444 he had Taoism estab- lished as the official state religion of the Northern Wei dynasty ( 386-534 ) ...
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