To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents
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In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendentsdeathless beings with supernormal powers. Practitioners developed dietetic, alchemical, meditative, gymnastic, sexual, and medicinal disciplines (some of which are still practiced today) to perfect themselves and thus transcend death. Narratives of their achievements circulated widely. Ge Hong (283343 c.e.) collected and preserved many of their stories in his Traditions of Divine Transcendents, affording us...


