ON QUANZHEN DAOISM AND THE LONGMEN LINEAGE: AN INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF MONASTERIES, LINEAGES, AND ORDINATIONS

A Thesis Submitted to the Department Linguistics and Religious Studies University of Saskatchewan

By

YUE WANG

i. Copyright Yue Wang, June, 2017. Shared under non-profit

History of Quanzhen

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Completion of Authenticity; Complete Reality; Complete Perfection

Entry in Encyclopedia of Taoism, written by  Vincent GOOSSAERT (gen. editor Fabrizio Pregadio, Routledge 2006). Also appears on Pregadio’s site, GoldenElixir.com.

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