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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Textual Revolution | |
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| "Textual Archaeology" | |
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| A "Mystical Hermeneutic" | |
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| The Significance of Inward Training | |
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| Beyond "Lao-Chuang" | |
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| The Text of Inward Training | |
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| The Literary Genre of Inward Training | |
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| The Nature and Filiation of the Kuan Tzu Collection | |
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| The Formation of the Kuan Tzu Collection | |
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| The Dating and Authorship of Inward Training | |
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| A Confucian Inward Training? | |
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| A Critical Edition and Translation of Inward Training | |
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| The Critical Edition of Inward Training | |
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| Technical Terminology | |
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| Translation of Inward Training | |
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| The Teachings of Inward Training | |
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| A Thematic Overview of Inward Training | |
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| The Philosophical Foundations of Inward Training | |
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| Cosmology: Vital Essence and the Way | |
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| Psychological Dimensions: Tranquility, Inner Power, and the Numinous Mind | |
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| The Practice of Inner Cultivation in Inward Training | |
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| The Fourfold Aligning | |
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| The Cultivated Mind | |
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| The One | |
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| The Holistic Benefits of Inner Cultivation | |
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| Inward Training in the Context of Early Taoist Mysticism | |
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| What Is Mysticism? | |
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| The Mysticism of Inward Training | |
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| Mystical Practice in Inward Training | |
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| Mystical Experience in Inward Training | |
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| Mystical Philosophy in Inward Training | |
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| Inward Training and the Lao Tzu | |
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| Inward Training and the Chuang Tzu | |
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| The Stages of Meditation in Inner Cultivation Practice | |
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| Inner Cultivation and Physical Hygiene | |
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| Inward Training in the Context of Early Taoism | |
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| Towards a Definition of Early Taoism | |
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| The Six "Schools" of Ssu-ma T'an | |
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| The "Techniques of the Way" | |
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| Inward Training and the Lao Tzu | |
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| Inward Training and the "Lore of the Way" | |
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| A New Approach to the Evolution of Early Taoism | |
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| Inward Training and Early Taoism | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |