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- Title
Alchemy and Martial Arts: Wang Yannian's Gold Mountain Daoism.
- Authors
BIDLACK, BEDE BENJAMIN
- Abstract
Historians of modern internal alchemy understand Sun Xuanqing's Gold Mountain Daoism to have been absorbed by Zhao Bichen's Thousand Peaks subsect. However, Wang Yannian, a Taipei taiji quan master, taught a method of internal alchemy that shared Zhao's lineage and preserved the Gold Mountain name. This article explores the differing accounts of how Gold Mountain left the confines of its Complete Perfection roots. They reveal different sentiments of the laity towards the clergy in Republican China. In addition, the article explores the details and aims of the method itself. Even though Wang was clear that the goal of the method was to produce an immortal pill, he emphasized meditation's utility as an internal foundation for taiji quan. Nonetheless, the system reveals the sophistication of Daoist alchemy and is clearly not simply a basic qigong meditation.
- Subjects
ALCHEMY; TAOISM terminology; MEDITATION in Taoism; TAOISM &; literature; LAITY; RELIGIOUS life of clergy; RELIGION
- Publication
Journal of Daoist Studies, 2012, Vol 5, p117
- ISSN
1941-5516
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/dao.2012.0004