Daoist Modern: Innovation, Lay Practice, and the Community of Inner Alchemy in Republican Shanghai

Contributor(s): Liu, Xun (Author)

ISBN: 9780674033092

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Hardcover

$49.95

Pub Date: July 1, 2009

Dewey: 299.51409510

LCCN: 2009002498

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.28" H x 9.22" L x 6.37" W ( 1.58 lbs) 396 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This book explores the Daoist encounter with modernity through the activities of Chen Yingning (1880-1969), a famous lay Daoist master, and his group in early twentieth-century Shanghai. In contrast to the usual narrative of Daoist decay, this study tells a story of Daoist resilience, reinvigoration, and revival.

Brief description: Xun Liu is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University.

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