The Dragon Gate—The Longmen Tradition at Mount Jingai and its Alchemical Practices

Monica Esposito

This PhD thesis was presented at Paris VII in 1993, under the direction of Isabelle Robinet. The original French typescript with handwritten emendations is available here in two volumes, with searchable text and English table of contents as per the editor’s preface.

“La Porte du Dragon. L’école Longmen du Mont Jingai et ses pratiques alchimiques d’après le Daozang xubian (Suite au Canon Taoïste)”

Click here for the detailed table of contents in French.

• Vol. 1 PDF (ISBN 978-3-906000-15-2); click here to open or right-click to download, 56MB

• Vol. 2 PDF (ISBN 978-3-906000-16-9); click here to open or right-click to download, 45MB


Click here to visit the original access page at UniversityMedia, with thanks to Prof. Urs App.