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Fabrizio Pregadio has taught at different universities in Italy, Germany, the United States, and Canada. He is the author of Great Clarity Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China (Stanford University Press, 2006) and the editor of The Encyclopedia of Taoism (Routledge, 2008).

In addition to his scholarly activities, he publishes translations of original texts on Taoism and Taoist Internal Alchemy (Neidan) addressed to a wider audience. These translations, all published by Golden Elixir Press, include the The Seal of the Unity of the Three (Cantong qi); the Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian); the Commentary on the Mirror for Compounding the Medicine (Ruyao jing); and Cultivating the Tao , a work by the eminent Taois ...more

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	Encyclopedia of Taoism (2 Volume Set) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China by Fabrizio Pregadio (Goodreads Author), Carl Bielefeldt (Series Editor), Bernard Faure (Series Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way of the Golden Elixir 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fifteen Essays to Establish the Teaching: A Founding Text of Complete Reality Taoism (Kindle Neidan Texts Book 4) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Alchemy: An Annotated Bibliography of Works in Western Languages 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taoist Internal Alchemy: An Anthology of Neidan Texts 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of the Hidden Agreement: A Taoist Text on the Harmony between Heaven and Humanity (Kindle Neidan Texts 3) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Hundred Words on the Golden Elixir 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Taoist Tradition it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seal of the Unity of the Three — Vol. 2: Bibliographic Studies on the Cantong qi: Commentaries, Essays, and Related Works really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Laozi and the Buddha, Nature and Existence (Xing 性 and Ming 命)

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From the Preface to the Wuzhen pian 悟真篇 (Awakening to Reality) by Zhang Boduan 張伯端 (ca. 1075 CE):

"Laozi and the Buddha used the learning of Xing (inner nature) and Ming (existence, destiny) to open the gates of expedient methods (fangbian), and taught people to cultivate the seed in order to escape [the cycles of] birth and death.
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“Life is the root of death; death is the root of life. Mercy is born in harm, harm is born in mercy.”
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