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The Sacred books of China: The text of Taoism

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  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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2 volumes in 1 pt. 1. The Tâo the king : The writings of Kwang-taze, books I-XVII -- pt. 2. The writings of Kwang-taze, books XVIII-XXXIII : The Thâi- shang tractate of actions and their retributions ; Appendixes I-VIII

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Asian esoteric and internal traditions.

  • Asian esoteric and internal traditions

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Taoism”. Retained metadata contains “Taoism” in the title, “Taoism” in the subject metadata, and “Taoism” in the edition title.

    • “Taoism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Taoism”· in title
    • “Taoism”· in subject
    • “Taoism”· in edition title

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1891-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon, Oxford University PressEnglish—Public digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Scanner: station33.cebu.archive.org
Catalog id
internet-archive:sacredbooksofchi0039unse
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