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Excerpt from Legacy of Chinese Shamanism: The Wu and their Successors

By Purple Cloud Institute / 16th May 2024

On Wuism in China The wu, from the earliest records…

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Excerpt from An Archaeology of the Qiao Vessels by Will Ceurvels

By Purple Cloud Institute / 6th January 2024

In later commentaries, one often hears that identifying the right…

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The Body, Radical Health in the Zhuangzi and the Tradition of Yangsheng Literature

By Purple Cloud Institute / 19th August 2022

During the time of the writing of the Zhuangzi 莊子,…

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Daoism Series 27: The Eight Commentaries on Respecting Life

By Purple Cloud Institute / 26th October 2020

Daoism Series 27: 遵生八笺 The Eight Commentaries on Respecting Life…

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The Heart Treasure of Taijiquan [excerpt 2]

By Purple Cloud Admin / 1st August 2020

Excerpt from Master Ren Gang’s The Heart Treatise of Taijiquan…

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Forgotten Treasure of the Daoist Medicine King Sect

By Purple Cloud Admin / 25th May 2020

The stories and teachings on Daoist medicine expounded here emerge…

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Smartness Soup 聰明湯

By Purple Cloud Admin / 11th April 2019

聰明湯 Smartness Soup 出自 Origin: 《古今医鉴》卷八 Eighth scroll of《Newly Amended…

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Who Was Wang Feng Yi 王鳳儀?

By Purple Cloud Admin / 27th March 2019

Who Was Wang Feng Yi 王鳳儀? (The following is an…

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Herbal Legends: He Shou Wu 何首烏 Pt.2

By Purple Cloud Admin / 1st March 2019

The emperor Hanwu was very ambitious to expand the Chinese…

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Herbal Legends: He Shouwu 何首烏 (Fleeceflower)

By Purple Cloud Admin / 15th February 2019

A long time ago a man named He Shouwu lived…

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