Transcendence and Divine Passion: The Queen Mother of the West in Medieval China

by Suzanne E. Cahill

Overview

A Stanford UniversityPress classic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780804725842
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Publication date:	06/01/1995
Edition description:	1
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.74(d)

Table of Contents

	Figures	x
	Preface	xi
	Note on Citation and Abbreviations	xiii
	Chronologies	xv
	Introduction	1
1	The Most Honored One	11
2	The Primordial Ruler, Metal Mother	66
3	Singing of White Clouds Beside the Turquoise Pond: Encounters with Legendary Rulers and Sages	108
4	Eating the Peaches of Immortality: Emperors and Immortals	143
5	Coming to Her Court to Receive the Way: Men of the T'ang	190
6	Her Dependents: Women of the T'ang	213
	Conclusion	243
	Reference Matter
	Notes	247
	Bibliography	263
	Chinese Character List	281
	Index	287