Paul W. Kroll is Professor of Chinese in the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Colorado, USA and the editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society.

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• Contents: Preface; Taoist Studies: On Far Roaming; In the halls of the Azure Lad; Spreading open the barrier of Heaven; The light of Heaven in medieval Taoist verse; The divine songs of the Lady of Purple Tenuity; Szu-ma Ch'eng-chen in T'ang verse; Notes on three Taoist figures of the T'ang dynasty. Lo Po Studies: Li Po's Rhapsody on the Great P'eng Bird; Li Po's transcendent diction; Li Po's purple haze; The road to Shu, from Zhang Zai to Li Bo; Dharma bell and dharani pillar: Li Po's Buddhist inscriptions; Index.

Paul W. Kroll is Professor of Chinese in the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Colorado, USA and the editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society.

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• Contents: Preface; Taoist Studies: On Far Roaming; In the halls of the Azure Lad; Spreading open the barrier of Heaven; The light of Heaven in medieval Taoist verse; The divine songs of the Lady of Purple Tenuity; Szu-ma Ch'eng-chen in T'ang verse; Notes on three Taoist figures of the T'ang dynasty. Lo Po Studies: Li Po's Rhapsody on the Great P'eng Bird; Li Po's transcendent diction; Li Po's purple haze; The road to Shu, from Zhang Zai to Li Bo; Dharma bell and dharani pillar: Li Po's Buddhist inscriptions; Index.

Paul W. Kroll is Professor of Chinese in the Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Colorado, USA and the editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society.

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• Contents: Preface; Taoist Studies: On Far Roaming; In the halls of the Azure Lad; Spreading open the barrier of Heaven; The light of Heaven in medieval Taoist verse; The divine songs of the Lady of Purple Tenuity; Szu-ma Ch'eng-chen in T'ang verse; Notes on three Taoist figures of the T'ang dynasty. Lo Po Studies: Li Po's Rhapsody on the Great P'eng Bird; Li Po's transcendent diction; Li Po's purple haze; The road to Shu, from Zhang Zai to Li Bo; Dharma bell and dharani pillar: Li Po's Buddhist inscriptions; Index.