Immortal Arts

19 books

In Search of the Supernatural: Chinese Classics Collection (Revised Edition) cover
In Search of the Supernatural: Chinese Classics Collection (Revised Edition) Gan Bao / 马银琴 / Zhou Guangrong Zhonghua Book Company · 2016 In Search of the Supernatural (Soushen Ji) is a collection of tales of the strange and supernatural written by Gan Bao, historian and man of letters i…
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Guangyi Ji 戴孚 / Fang Shiming Zhonghua Book Company · 1992 Guangyi Ji is a collection of zhiguai and chuanqi tales from the early Tang dynasty. Its author, Dai Fu, was a native of Qiao Commandery (present-day …
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Bowuzhi (with Seven Other Works) Zhang Hua / 王根林 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2012 The Bowuzhi (Record of the Investigation of Things) in ten juan was compiled by Zhang Hua of the Western Jin dynasty and is the first work in ancient …
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In Search of the Supernatural Gan Bao / 马银琴 Zhonghua Book Company · 2012 In Search of the Supernatural (Soushen ji) is a collection of tales of the strange and supernatural compiled by Gan Bao, a historian and man of letter…
Records of Gleanings from the Past (Complete Text, Full Annotation, and Modern Translation) cover
Rating 3.8
Records of Gleanings from the Past (Complete Text, Full Annotation, and Modern Translation) 王嘉 / Xiao Qi Zhonghua Book Company · 2019 Records of Gleanings from the Past, also known as Records of Gleanings or Wang Zinian's Records of Gleanings, is a collection of zhiguai tales written…
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Rating 3.5
The Thirty-Six Water Methods 八公 · 2025 A classic of Han-dynasty alchemy, this work records thirty-six methods for preparing mineral drugs using water as the medium. It documents techniques …
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Rating 4.5
Records of Diverse Matters Zhang Hua Chemical Industry Press · 2025 Bowuzhi (Records of the Investigation of Things) is a collection of strange tales originally compiled by the Western Jin naturalist Zhang Hua and late…
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi (1) cover
Rating 4.5
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi (1) Ge Hong · 2024 The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi is a systematic summation of alchemical and health-preservation methods, and a Daoist classic that laid the theoretical …
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi (2) cover
Rating 4.5
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi (2) Ge Hong · 2024 The Inner Chapters of the Baopuzi is a systematic summation of alchemical and health-preservation methods, a Daoist classic that laid the theoretical …
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Rating 2.6
Secret Instructions on Learning Immortality and Distinguishing the True 賬無夢 · 2024 Traditional Chinese culture and thought have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are especially dis…
Cultivating Kunlun: Evidence and Verification cover
Rating 3.2
Cultivating Kunlun: Evidence and Verification 天休子 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early intellectual forms have distinctive features: re…
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Rating 4.5
The Master Who Embraces Simplicity Ge Hong 赤尔斯 · 2026 The Baopuzi is a classic work by the Eastern Jin Daoist theorist Ge Hong, completed around 317 CE. Its title comes from the Daodejing: "Display plainn…
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Rating 4.5
The Chapter on Daoist Untruths Wang Chong Bashu Publishing House · 2024 In this chapter, Wang Chong refutes the fallacy of "attaining the Way and ascending as immortals" and "transcending the world and not dying" taught by…
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Rating 3.5
Record of the Ten Continents Within the Seas 东方朔 Bashu Publishing House · 2024 After Emperor Wu of Han heard the Queen Mother of the West speak of the Ten Isles in the vast seas on all sides—Zuzhou, Yingzhou, Xuanzhou, Yanzhou, C…
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Rating 3.1
Supreme Three Primes Numinous Register for Protecting the House Anonymous The Commercial Press · 2024 The Wushang Sanyuan Zhenzhai Linglu (Supreme Three-Origin Spirit Register for Protecting the Home). Probably composed at the end of the Northern and S…
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Rating 4.5
Records of the Search for Spirits Gan Bao Guwuxuan Publishing House · 2025 Compiled by Gan Bao of the Eastern Jin dynasty, In Search of the Supernatural is a collection of zhiguai tales that gathers a vast body of legends fro…
Records of the Mysterious and Strange; Continued Records of the Mysterious and Strange — Complete Texts with Full Annotations and Translation of Chinese Classic Masterworks cover
Rating 4.2
Records of the Mysterious and Strange; Continued Records of the Mysterious and Strange — Complete Texts with Full Annotations and Translation of Chinese Classic Masterworks 林宪亮 Zhonghua Book Company · 2020 Xuan Guai Lu (Records of the Mysterious and Strange), a collection of chuanqi tales from the Tang dynasty, was compiled by Niu Sengru. It originally c…
Records of Extensive Things — Complete Texts with Full Annotations and Translation of Chinese Classic Masterworks cover
Rating 4.4
Records of Extensive Things — Complete Texts with Full Annotations and Translation of Chinese Classic Masterworks 郑晓峰 Zhonghua Book Company · 2020 Compiled by Zhang Hua of the Western Jin dynasty, Bowuzhi (Records of the Investigation of Things) is a collection of ancient Chinese myths and tales …
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Rating 3.6
Tales of Emperor Wu of Han Anonymous · 2015 Tales of Emperor Wu of Han, also called Stories of Emperor Wu of Han, is a single-volume work. It is a novel of the strange of the miscellaneous-histo…