The story of Han Xiangzi the alchemical adventures of a Daoist immortal
In this seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Han Xiangzi, best known as one of the Eight Immortals, seeks and achieves immortality ad then devotes himself to converting his materialistic, politically ambitious Confucian uncle--Han Yu, a real historical figure--to Daoism. Written in vernacular prose in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle, Wash.
University of Washington Press
2007, ©2007
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| Series: | A China program book
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In this seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Han Xiangzi, best known as one of the Eight Immortals, seeks and achieves immortality ad then devotes himself to converting his materialistic, politically ambitious Confucian uncle--Han Yu, a real historical figure--to Daoism. Written in vernacular prose interspersed with poems and songs, the novel takes its readers across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. --From publisher's description |
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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | xxxv, 472 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0295986905 9780295986906 9780295987255 0295987251 |