Isabelle Robinet is Professor of Chinese at the University of Aix-en-Provence.

• Translator's foreword Author's preface Chronology Introduction: definitions and controlling concepts 1. The warring states (fourth to third centuries B. C.) 2. New elements under the Han 3. The celestrial masters 4. Ge Hong and his tradition 5. The Lingbao school 7. The Tang period 8. Under the song and the Yuan: interior alchemy Conclusion Notes Suggestions for further readings Index.

"This is a work of monumental importance by arguably the foremost scholar of Taoism in the world. Insights from the study of Taoism are profoundly changing the way we view China's past, and this book fills the need for a comprehensive history that reflects the progress made in Taoist studies over the last few decades. Though Taoism is known to be an abstruse religion, Robinet lays bare its 'bones and sinews' in exceptionally clear language, one of the things that makes the book so valuable for classroom use."—Stephen Bokenkamp,Indiana University

Isabelle Robinet is Professor of Chinese at the University of Aix-en-Provence.

• Translator's foreword Author's preface Chronology Introduction: definitions and controlling concepts 1. The warring states (fourth to third centuries B. C.) 2. New elements under the Han 3. The celestrial masters 4. Ge Hong and his tradition 5. The Lingbao school 7. The Tang period 8. Under the song and the Yuan: interior alchemy Conclusion Notes Suggestions for further readings Index.

"This is a work of monumental importance by arguably the foremost scholar of Taoism in the world. Insights from the study of Taoism are profoundly changing the way we view China's past, and this book fills the need for a comprehensive history that reflects the progress made in Taoist studies over the last few decades. Though Taoism is known to be an abstruse religion, Robinet lays bare its 'bones and sinews' in exceptionally clear language, one of the things that makes the book so valuable for classroom use."—Stephen Bokenkamp,Indiana University

Isabelle Robinet is Professor of Chinese at the University of Aix-en-Provence.

• Translator's foreword Author's preface Chronology Introduction: definitions and controlling concepts 1. The warring states (fourth to third centuries B. C.) 2. New elements under the Han 3. The celestrial masters 4. Ge Hong and his tradition 5. The Lingbao school 7. The Tang period 8. Under the song and the Yuan: interior alchemy Conclusion Notes Suggestions for further readings Index.

"This is a work of monumental importance by arguably the foremost scholar of Taoism in the world. Insights from the study of Taoism are profoundly changing the way we view China's past, and this book fills the need for a comprehensive history that reflects the progress made in Taoist studies over the last few decades. Though Taoism is known to be an abstruse religion, Robinet lays bare its 'bones and sinews' in exceptionally clear language, one of the things that makes the book so valuable for classroom use."—Stephen Bokenkamp,Indiana University