Dao yuan yi guan 道原一貫 Sources of the Way, Strung Together

by Yunyanjushi 雲巖居士

$5,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Six juan in six vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, stitched. China : Yan gu zhai 延古齋, 1832–50 . The first and possibly only edition of a Qing-era anthology of Daoist works detailing the theory and practices of spiritual and corporeal longevity, published sometime between 1832 and the end of the Daoguang reign in 1850. WorldCat shows only one other copy in North America, at LC. The pursuit of everlasting life through rituals, ascetic practices,

• Binding: Wrappers

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