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Page 272
... Shang , and Chou bronze art . ( It should , perhaps , be mentioned that Chinese art , certainly until well into the Christian Era , was itself far more " tribal " than later Chinese tradi- tion recognizes . ) Probably connoting ...
... Shang , and Chou bronze art . ( It should , perhaps , be mentioned that Chinese art , certainly until well into the Christian Era , was itself far more " tribal " than later Chinese tradi- tion recognizes . ) Probably connoting ...
Page 1041
... Shang Tao - chün ( " Most Exalted Lord of the Tao " ) , and T'ai Shang Lao- chün ( " Most Exalted Lord Lao " ) , who is identified with Lao - tzu . There are as many celestial worthies as there are aspects of the Tao that can become ...
... Shang Tao - chün ( " Most Exalted Lord of the Tao " ) , and T'ai Shang Lao- chün ( " Most Exalted Lord Lao " ) , who is identified with Lao - tzu . There are as many celestial worthies as there are aspects of the Tao that can become ...
Page 1048
... Shang- ch'ing ( Supreme Purity ) , an improvement on the T'ai- ch'ing heaven and the ordinary immortals ( hsien ) that peopled it . In the course of his visions , which lasted from AD 364 to 370 , Yang received a whole new scriptural ...
... Shang- ch'ing ( Supreme Purity ) , an improvement on the T'ai- ch'ing heaven and the ordinary immortals ( hsien ) that peopled it . In the course of his visions , which lasted from AD 364 to 370 , Yang received a whole new scriptural ...
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