SUGGESTED READING

Anderson, Poul. The Method of Holding the Three Pure Ones: A Taoist Manual of Meditation of the Fourth Century A.D. Curzon Press, 1980.

Berk, William R., ed. Chinese Healing Arts: Internal Kung-Fu. Peace Press, 1979.

Blofeld, John. Taoism: The Road to Immortality. Shambhala, 1978.

Chang Chung-yuan. Creativity and Taoism: A Study of Chinese Philosophy, Art, and Poetry. Harper Torchbooks, 1963.

Cleary, Thomas, trans. Awakening to the Tao: Lui I-Ming. Shambhala, 1988.

______. The Inner Teachings of Taoism: Chang Po-Tuan; Commentary by Liu I-Ming. Shambhala, 1986.

______. The Secret of the Golden Flower: The Classic Chinese Book of Life. Harper-SanFrancisco, 1991.

______. Vitality Energy Spirit: A Taoist Source Book. Shambhala, 1991.

Da Liu. Taoist Health Exercise Book. Perigee Books, 1974.

Dean, Kenneth. Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of South-East China. Princeton University Press, 1995.

Girardot, N. J. Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism: The Theme of Chaos (Hun-Tun). University of California Press, 1983.

Huang, Jane and Michael Wurmbrand, trans. The Primordial Breath: An Ancient Chinese Way of Prolonging Life Through Breath Control. Vols. 1 and 2. Original Books, 1987.

Jou, Tsung-hwa. The Tao of Meditation: The Way to Enlightenment. T’ai Chi Foundation, 1983.

Kohn, Livia. Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition. Princeton University Press, 1992.

Kohn, Livia, ed. The Taoist Experience: An Anthology. State University of New York Press, 1993.

Lu K’uan-yu (Charles Luk). The Secrets of Chinese Meditations. Samuel Weiser, 1964.

Nan, Huai-chin. Tao and Longevity: Mind-Body Transformation. Translated by Wen Kuan Chu. Samuel Weiser, 1984.

Needham, Joseph. Science and Civilization in China. Vols. 1–5. Cambridge University Press, 1954–74.

Robinet, Isabelle. Taoist Meditation: The Mao Shan Tradition of Great Purity. Translated by Pas and Girardot. State University of New York Press, 1993.

Veith, Ilza, trans. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1949.

Ware, James R., ed. and trans. Alchemy, Medicine & Religion in the China of a.d. 320: The Nei P’ien of Ko Hung. Dover Publications, 1981.

Welch, Holmes. Taoism: The Parting of the Way. Beacon Press, 1957.

Welch, Holmes, and Anna Seidel, eds. Facets of Taoism: Essays in Chinese Religion. Yale University Press, 1979.

Wong, Eva. Cultivating Stillness: A Taoist Manual for Transforming Body and Mind. Shambhala, 1992.

Yang Jwing-ming, M.D. The Eight Pieces of Brocade. YMMA, 1988.

Yin Shih-tzu. Tranquil Sitting. Translated by Hwang Shi-fu and Cheney Crow. Dragon Door Publications, 1995.