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Traditions of Exemplary Transcendents by Liu Xiang (79–8 BCE)
By (author) Robert Ford Campany, Edited by Sarah M. Allen, Edited by Xiaofei Tian
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By the middle of the third century BCE, some people in China had begun to imagine it possible to employ esoteric methods to refashion themselves into posthuman beings with spirit-like capabilities, enhanced bodies, and greatly extended lifespans. Such beings were termed transcendents (xian ä»™). Traditions of Exemplary Transcendents (Liexian zhuan 列仙傳), attributed to the imperial bibliographer Liu Xiang åŠ‰å‘ (79-8 BCE), is the earliest extant collection of colorful stories about such figures. This volume makes available a critical edition and the first complete, annotated English translation of a text preserving some of the earliest mentions of alchemical, dietary, and medicinal methods of self-cultivation that later became standard in transcendence-seekers’ repertoire of practices. Through this work we can already glimpse the sorts of engagements with local communities that made the quest for transcendence a matter of keen interest not just to practitioners themselves but to many in Chinese society for centuries thereafter.
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Publisher | De Gruyter
Published date | 4 May 2026
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 200
Dimensions | 203 x 133 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 333g
ISBN | 978-3-1122-3687-1
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BISAC | literary criticism / asian / general
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