Longevità e trascendenza con le droghe naturali-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Longevità e trascendenza con le droghe naturali

Published:2022-12-22 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:
Container-title:Quali altre parole vi aspettate che aggiunga?
language:
Short-container-title:

Author:

Lippiello Tiziana¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Abstract

This contribution introduces the Taoist tradition of natural drugs known as zhi 芝, on which those who practice dao 道 feed. The topic is explained through selected passages drawn from different texts. The Taishang Lingbao zhicao pin 太上靈寶芝草品 (Catalogue of Zhi, a Taishang Lingbao Scripture) – an anonymous work accompanied by illustrations in the canonical version – describes form, size, habitat, properties, therapeutic effects, and other aspects of these zhi. The essay continues with excerpts from Ge Hong’s 葛洪 (283-343) Baopuzi 抱樸子 (Master Who Embraces Simplicity), and places the zhi tradition in the broader context of Taoist alchemy.

Publisher

Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari

Reference12 articles.

1. DZ Daozang 道藏. Numerazione secondo Schipper K. M.; Verellen, F. (a cura di), The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press, 2004.

2. Baopuzi xinyi 抱樸子新譯 (Nuova traduzione del Baopuzi). Taipei: Sanmin, 2001.

3. Cadonna, A. «Taishang lingbao zhicao pin 太上靈寶芝草品». Schipper, K., Verellen, F. (a cura di), The Taoist Canon. A Historical Companion to the Daozang. Chicago-London: The University of Chicago Press, 2004, vol. 2, pp. 770-771.

4. Campany, R.F. To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth, A Translation and Study of Ge Hong’s Traditions of Divine Transcendents, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

5. Lippiello, T. Le droghe dell’immortalità nell’antichità cinese e il Taishang Lingbao zhicao pin 太上靈寶芝草品. Venezia: Cafoscarina, 2007.