Alchimia femminile. Brani dall’opera di Liu Yiming 刘一明 (1734-1821)

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_8051
dc.contributor.author	Valussi Elena
dc.title	Alchimia femminile. Brani dall’opera di Liu Yiming 刘一明 (1734-1821)
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This essay features translations from the works of Daoist patriarch Liu Yiming 劉一明 (1734-1821) on the specific topic of female alchemy, or nüdan, the process of Daoist self-cultivation for women. This process differs from male self-cultivation in many important ways. It starts by focusing on the breasts, not the abdomen, where male cultivation begins. It continues by transforming Blood (xue 血), understood to be the most important element of female physiology. Refining blood into an essential source of energy is at the root of female self-cultivation which, aided by internal visualisations, breast massage, and guided breathing, aims at creating a pure Yang body, able to transcend this world.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sinica venetiana
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2022-07-28
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-03-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-641-1/alchimia-femminile-brani-dallopera-di-liu-yiming-1/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-640-4/012
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9654
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9042
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-641-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-640-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Daoism
dc.subject	Female alchemy
dc.subject	Liu Yiming
dc.subject	Nüdan
dc.subject	Self-cultivation

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Alchimia femminile. Brani dall’opera di Liu Yiming 刘一明 (1734-1821)

Elena Valussi Loyola University Chicago, USA

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This essay features translations from the works of Daoist patriarch Liu Yiming 劉一明 (1734-1821) on the specific topic of female alchemy, or nüdan, the process of Daoist self-cultivation for women. This process differs from male self-cultivation in many important ways. It starts by focusing on the breasts, not the abdomen, where male cultivation begins. It continues by transforming Blood (xue 血), understood to be the most important element of female physiology. Refining blood into an essential source of energy is at the root of female self-cultivation which, aided by internal visualisations, breast massage, and guided breathing, aims at creating a pure Yang body, able to transcend this world.

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Dec. 22, 2022

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July 28, 2022

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March 29, 2022

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978-88-6969-641-1

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Keywords: Female alchemy • Self-cultivation • Daoism • Liu Yiming • Nüdan

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