The Eight Immortals of Taoism: Legends and Fables of Popular Taoism

Title

en_US The Eight Immortals of Taoism: Legends and Fables of Popular Taoism

Description

en_US Original language: chi

en_US Translated and Edited by Kwok Man Ho and Joanne O'Brien

Creator

en_US Kwok, Man-Ho See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Various

en_US Palmer, Martin (essayist)

Date

2016-01-25T19:38:41Z

en_US 1999-06

en_US 1991

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:38:41Z

Date Issued

en_US 1991

Abstract

en_US What we have here is mostly myth or legend. The book presents a long introduction to Taoism and then twenty-eight stories. Let me report on a couple that were more accessible to me. The Dream of Lu Tung Pin (72) presents a young Tao devotee on the verge of becoming an immortal. He is still seeking power and has a dream of what power brings, namely fifty years of success and then total disfavor and death for him and his family. He gives up the quest for power and, after many years of practice, becomes an immortal. The Oil Seller (74) tells the story of a search for an honest person. A Matchmaker for Kuan Yin (82) is a heart-warming tale of a good poor man who is lucky enough to win a goddess' hand in marriage. The stories remind me of Rodriguez' pious tales of saints. The art consists in eight or ten woodcuts or designs from the tradition of Taoism.

Identifier

en_US 452010705

en_US 5522 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81056

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Meridian: New American Library: Penguin

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US BL1923.E54 1991 See all items with this value

en_US Tangential See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole