Chinese Alchemy: An Annotated Bibliography

Fabrizio Pregadio
Stanford University, Department of Religious Studies

Updated version of "Chinese Alchemy: An Annotated Bibliography of Works in Western Languages," Monumenta Serica 44 (1996): 439-476.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. GENERAL STUDIES

  1. General studies of waidan alchemy
  2. General studies of neidan alchemy
  3. Surveys of studies

II. STUDIES OF ALCHEMICAL TEXTS AND AUTHORS

  1. Dating of texts and surveys of the alchemical literature
  2. The Huangdi jiuding shendan jing and its commentary
  3. Sanshiliu shuifa
  4. Ge Hong (283-343) and his Baopu zi neipian
  5. Tao Hongjing (456-536)
  6. Lü Dongbin
  7. Taixi jing
  8. The Yinfu jing and its commentaries
  9. Wei Boyang, the Zhouyi cantong qi and its commentaries
  10. Zhang Boduan, his Wuzhen pian and other attributed works, and their commentaries
  11. Zhang Sanfeng (early fourteenth century)
  12. Lin Zhaoen (1517-1598)
  13. Lu Xixing (sixteenth century)
  14. Taiyi jinhua zongzhi and Huiming jing
  15. Liu Yiming (eighteenth century)
  16. Zhao Bichen (1860-?)
  17. Other waidan texts and authors
  18. Other neidan texts and authors

III. STUDIES OF SPECIFIC FEATURES

  1. Elixir ingredients
  2. Chemical, pharmacological and medical features
  3. Equipment
  4. Alchemy and literature
  5. Chinese and other alchemical traditions

ADDENDA