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Understanding Reality: A Taoist Alchemical Classic (Thomas Cleary)

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Thomas Cleary's scholarly English translation and commentary on the Wuzhen Pian (Awakening to Reality), the standard modern English edition of Zhang Boduan's Song dynasty internal alchemy (neidan) classic.

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Author
Thomas Cleary
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Publication Year
1987
Source Type
primary-text
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1
A named sinologist's university press translation and commentary, the standard modern English edition of this text.
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This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Esoteric Texts, 13 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
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