{"id":3386,"date":"2026-09-18T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dao.crs.cuhk.edu.hk\/Main\/?page_id=3386"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T05:58:39","slug":"daoism-internal-alchemy-and-the-wonders-of-serenity-tenth-through-eighteenth-centuries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dao.crs.cuhk.edu.hk\/Main\/%e4%b8%ad%e5%bf%83%e5%87%ba%e7%89%88\/daoism-internal-alchemy-and-the-wonders-of-serenity-tenth-through-eighteenth-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Daoism, Internal Alchemy, and the Wonders of Serenity: Tenth Through Eighteenth Centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div lang=\"en\" style=\"line-height: 1.6;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n   Daoism, Internal Alchemy, and the Wonders of Serenity: Tenth Through Eighteenth Centuries<br \/>\n  <\/h1>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Stephen Eskildsen<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/dao.crs.cuhk.edu.hk\/Main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/publication_orderform_New-Daoist-Studies.pdf\"\n     target=\"_blank\"\n     rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n    << Order Form >><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n    Simply keeping the mind clear and calm was, for many post-Tang Daoists, the path to eternal life and freedom. Through sheer serenity, practitioners believed they could attain immunity to hunger, eliminate sexual function, suspend breath and pulse, engage in astral travel, and command spirits and natural forces.\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n    In his meticulously researched study, Stephen Eskildsen examines how this perspective informed Daoist internal alchemists after the Tang dynasty (618\u2013907), including prominent representatives of the Quanzhen tradition in the north and the Nanzong in the south. Drawing on a wide array of textual sources, he analyzes the teachings of figures like Qiu Chuji (1143\u20131227), Yin Zhiping (1169\u20131251), Zhang Boduan (ca. 984\u20131082), Bai Yuchan (1194\u20131229), Li Daochun (fl. 1288\u20131292), Yu Yan (ca. 1253\u20131314), and Wu Shouyang (1574\u2013after 1641), among others. These adepts emphasized passive, straightforward methods that they believed gave rise to spontaneous psychic, sensory, and physiological phenomena\u2014approaches they considered more effective than manipulating mind and body with overly complicated techniques.\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n    Eskildsen shows how Daoist internal alchemists, by advocating for the maintenance of serenity throughout a mundane life, articulated a unified vision of the Three Teachings\u2014Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism\u2014and frequently cited Confucian and Buddhist texts while reinterpreting and adapting their teachings. Particularly notable is their creative reinterpretation of Buddhist concepts such as \u201cnon-leakage\u201d and the \u201cMarks of the Great Man,\u201d and their integration of ideas pertaining to the \u201cmind-made body\u201d and the intermediate state. Incorporating such elements played a critical role in shaping their vision of the ultimate soteriological goal: the completion and emancipation of the Yang Spirit. In turn, this Daoist synthesis prompted some to propagate\u2014or ostensibly revive\u2014a Buddhist internal alchemy.\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n    Eskildsen offers a compelling contribution to the understanding of Daoism after the Tang, shedding light on a strand of internal alchemy that pursued the sustained cultivation of mental clarity and equanimity above all else.\n  <\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #cccccc; margin: 24px 0;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n    \u201cOver the last three decades Stephen Eskildsen has created a unique body of scholarship, delving deeply into Daoist ascetic and meditational practices. Characteristic of his work is a profound understanding of the internal logics and motivations that drove practitioners to ever-greater attainments. His current book builds on his earlier study of Daoist meditation from the Latter Han to Tang dynasties to provide a comprehensive picture spanning nearly two millennia. It is an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n    <strong>\u2014Daniel Burton-Rose<\/strong>, Wenzhou\u2013Kean University\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n    \u201cWhat emerges from this masterful exegetical study is an immersive history of Daoist internal alchemy\u2019s cosmology, doctrines, methodologies, and generations of adepts and masters. Eskildsen\u2019s book fills a major gap in western language publications by broadening significantly our understanding of Daoist inner alchemy in late imperial China.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n    <strong>\u2014Xun Liu<\/strong>, Rutgers University\n  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 24px; text-align: left;\">\n    <em>New Daoist Studies<\/em> Series\n  <\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin: 0; padding-left: 48px; list-style-type: decimal; text-align: left;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n      <em>The Writ of the Three Sovereigns: From Local Lore to Institutional Daoism<\/em> by Dominic Steavu\n    <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n      <em>A Library of Clouds:<\/em> The Scripture of the Immaculate Numen <em>and the Rewriting of Daoist Texts<\/em> by J. E. E. Pettit and Chao-jan Chang\n    <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n      <em>Knotting the Banner: Ritual and Relationship in Daoist Practice<\/em> by David J. Mozina\n    <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n      <em>Heavenly Masters: Two Thousand Years of the Daoist State<\/em> by Vincent Goossaert\n    <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n      <em>Daoism, Internal Alchemy, and the Wonders of Serenity: Tenth Through Eighteenth Centuries<\/em> by Stephen Eskildsen\n    <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u76f8\u95dc\u66f8\u7c4d\uff1a\u958b\u59cb --><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 36px; padding: 20px 0; background: transparent !important;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: nowrap; width: 100%; background: transparent !important;\">\n<p>    <!-- \u7b2c\u4e00\u672c\u66f8 --><\/p>\n<div style=\"flex: 0 0 25%; width: 25%; min-width: 0; padding: 0 10px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dao.crs.cuhk.edu.hk\/Main\/%e4%b8%ad%e5%bf%83%e5%87%ba%e7%89%88\/%e4%b8%89%e7%9a%87%e7%b6%93\/\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 16px; margin: 0 !important; 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width: 25%; min-width: 0; padding: 0 10px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/dao.crs.cuhk.edu.hk\/Main\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88\/a-library-of-clouds\/\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 16px; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; color: #111111 !important; background: transparent !important; text-decoration: none !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dao.crs.cuhk.edu.hk\/Main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Front-cover-e1598527957227.jpg\" alt=\"A Library of Clouds\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; max-width: 140px; height: 190px; object-fit: contain; object-position: center bottom; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; background: transparent !important;\"><span style=\"display: block; width: 100%; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; 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