Master who Embraces Simplicity (Baopuzi)

[Rishi Das]

Anyone know where to find a translated English copy? Been looking all over the place, can't seem to find one anywhere.

Edited March 10, 2012 by don_vedo

[Harmonious Emptiness]

Man oh man are these ever scarce so I hope whoever buys them will scan and pdf them (I'm pretty sure the copyrights are expired) so they don't effectively disappear forever..

 

But here's some links:

 

Master Who Embraces Simplicity: A Study of the Philosopher Ko Hung, 283-343 [Paperback]Jay Sailey (Author)

 

Nei P'ien: Alchemy, Medicine and Religion in the China of A.D.320 [Paperback]Ko Hung (Author), James R. Ware (Editor)

[Rishi Das]

Thanks for the reply Harmonious. A PDF would be a phenomenal find!

[humbleone]

A PDF would be a phenomenal find!

 

hi don, so here is a pdf - Inner chapters of Baopuzi

 

http://www.taoiststudy.com/content/inner-chapter-baopuzi-%E6%8A%B1%E6%9C%B4%E5%AD%90-master-who-embraces-simplicity-ge-hong-%E8%91%9B%E6%B4%AA-0

 

sorry it is in chinese. however google translate puts an interesting twist to it

 

I would recommend getting Fabrizio Pregadio book, Great Clarity.

 

http://www.goldenelixir.com/publications/great_clarity.html

[Rishi Das]

hi don, so here is a pdf - Inner chapters of Baopuzi

 

http://www.taoiststudy.com/content/inner-chapter-baopuzi-%E6%8A%B1%E6%9C%B4%E5%AD%90-master-who-embraces-simplicity-ge-hong-%E8%91%9B%E6%B4%AA-0

 

sorry it is in chinese. however google translate puts an interesting twist to it

 

Thanks a lot for the input humbleone! Greatly appreciated!

Edited March 12, 2012 by don_vedo

[dawei]

Some links:

 

 

Inner Chapters as a TOC

 

Informational Scribd Slide Show

 

Sample by Fabrizio Pregadio

[Rishi Das]

Thanks for the input dawei, much appreciated!

[NoOneIsOne]

There is any news about it? Like some new translation?

[Rocky Lionmouth]

Looked around for it tonight, nothing "readily" available as in free dlc but im considering buying it, even though the wikipedia article about it gives me the impression it hasnt really been translated fully or well. Any opinions?

Maybe its another case of "buy three different versions in english and fall asleep trying to read between the gaps and lines and perhaps dilute it all into a idiosyncratic summary wherein the 'point' is at best misplaced"?

 

Is that just me being overly skeptical and/or overeager? Descriptions of it paint it as a key to incredible and detailed information about roughly everything of interest and then some

 

Anyhow, im considering giving the italian sounding fellows version a shot.

Edited April 2, 2014 by Rocky Lionmouth

[dawei]

Some search words;

 

 

Humans, Spirits, and Sages in Chinese Late Antiquity - by Puett

 

Cinnabar and Gold in Chinese Taoist Alchemy & Medicine A.D. 320 to 2012 by Ware

[C T]

A study of the central scripture of Laozi (Laozi zhongjing) by Alexandre Illouchine. Informative work. Copyrighted.

[Slim]

You might want to check out this book by Robert F. Campany-

 

To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth: A Translation and Study of Ge Hong's Traditions of Divine Transcendents

 

www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520230347

[Aetherous]

http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/puett/files/puett_ge_hong_0.pdf