Taoist meditation and longevity techniques / edited by Livia Kohn in cooperation with Yoshinobu Sakade.

Ann Arbor : Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1989.

xii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Longevity techniques in Japan : ancient sources and contemporary studies / Yoshinobu Sakade -- Body and mind : the Chinese perspective / Hidemi Ishida -- Drug taking and immortality / Akira Akahori -- Longevity techniques and the compilation of the Lingbao wufuxu / Toshiaki Yamada -- Guarding the one : concentrative meditation in Taoism / Livia Kohn -- Visualization and ecstatic flight in Shangqing Taoism / Isabelle Robinet -- Taoist insight meditation : the Tang practice of Neiguan / Livia Kohn -- Gymnastics : the ancient tradition / Catherine Despeux -- Qi for life : longevity in the Tang / Ute Engelhardt -- Original contributions of Neidan to Taoism and Chinese thought / Isabelle Robinet -- The revival of Qi : Qigong in contemporary China / Kunio Miura.