Chronicles of Tao

The Secret Life of a Taoist Master

By: Deng Ming-Dao

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Paperback | 8 October 1993

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For the first time in one volume--an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents' wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed "Little Butterfly" by his Taoist masters, he survives the upheaval of the Japanese occupation, and the later the Chinese Revolution, all the while becoming adept in the Taoist arts. Eventually his inner and outer journey lead him to America, where he becomes a Golden Gloves boxer and martial arts instructor.

Part adventure, part parable, Chronicles of Tao travels through a labyrinth of enigmatic Taoist practice, marital arts discipline, and international adventure.

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"An intriguing story . . . evokes both a China that no longer exists and its headlong clash with modern times."-- "San Francisco Chronicle"

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Note on Romanization	p. 7
The Wandering Taoist
The Taishan Festival	p. 11
A Chance Encounter	p. 18
The Guan Family Mansion	p. 25
The Mischievous Student	p. 30
Journey with Two Acolytes	p. 40
Entering Another World	p. 46
The Grand Mountains	p. 50
Learning from the Natural World	p. 58
Immortals	p. 68
Turning Point at Twelve	p. 77
Wudangshan	p. 84
The Grand Master Challenges Saihung	p. 91
A Decision Made Alone	p. 101
Internal Alchemy	p. 111
War	p. 123
Homecoming	p. 132
The Labyrinth	p. 137
Temptation and Knowledge	p. 144
Internal Gazing	p. 154
Seven Bamboo Tablets of the Cloudy Satchel
Master and Student	p. 161
Two Butterflies	p. 184
Nocturnal Lessons	p. 201
A Quest	p. 212
Shanghai	p. 237
Ashes	p. 263
Butterfly Dream	p. 284
The Golden Embryo	p. 305
Gateway to a Vast World
Beyond Immortality	p. 327
Contemplating the Void	p. 344
The Hairpin	p. 349
Chinese of Pittsburgh	p. 354
The End of Huashan	p. 373
No Song to Sing	p. 387
Child of Peace	p. 402
Isle of Anonymity	p. 407
Golden Gloves	p. 419
Renunciation	p. 434
Gate of Liberation	p. 442
Perseverance	p. 458
Afterword	p. 469
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