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Originally published by Princeton University Press in 1995, Laughing at the Dao went out of print and the copyright reverted to the author. She has now updated the references and bibliography, and is making the book available in a Three Pines Press edition |
The Scripture of Western Ascension is a central text of medieval Daoist mysticism. Written by an unknown author, probably of the Northern Celestial Masters at Louguan, in the late fifth century C.E., it closely resembles the Daode jing in structure and contents. Edited and commented on several times until the twelfth century, the text played an important role in Tang religious thought. |
