Roaming into the Beyond : Representations of Xian Immortality in Early Medieval Chinese Verse

Abstrakt

This book examines representations of Daoist xian immortality in a broad range of versified literature from the Han until the end of the Six Dynasties and explores the complex interaction between poetry and Daoist religion in early medieval China.

Klíčová slova

• Early medieval China
• Han dynasty, Six Dynasties
• literature
• court poetry
• youxian
• "roaming into immortality"
• immortal
• transcendence
• Daoism
• Daoist religion