How Long to Read Creative Daoism

How Long Does it Take to Read Creative Daoism?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 14 minutes to read Creative Daoism by Monica Esposito

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Just as Christianity has its Vatican in Rome, modern Daoism boasts of a unique center of religious authority and administration: the Temple of the White Clouds (Baiyun guan) in Beijing, seat of the general headquarters of the Chinese Daoist Association. This temple complex in Beijing, called by Dr Esposito “modern Daoism’s Vatican,” houses the grave of the mythical founder of Daoism’s Quanzhen tradition and celebrates the patriarchs of its Longmen (”Dragon Gate”) branch as his legitimate heirs. This book shows in detail how Daoist masters and historiographers in China, much like their Catholic counterparts in Europe, invented a glorious patriarchal lineage as well as a system of ordination designed to perpetuate orthodox transmission and central control. They also created a kind of New Testament: a new canonical collection of scriptures entitled “The Gist of the Daoist Canon” (Daozang jiyao). This ultimate canon of Daoism contains hundreds of texts including the Daoist classic The Secret of the Golden Flower which achieved fame through the commentary by Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. A classic study on the invention of religious traditions, the four parts of Creative Daoism describe the creation of the Daoist Vatican's Longmen lineage of patriarchs, system of ordination, canon of sacred scriptures, and doctrine of universal salvation.

How long is Creative Daoism?

Creative Daoism by Monica Esposito is 419 pages long, and a total of 108,521 words.

This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 133% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Creative Daoism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 53 minutes to read Creative Daoism aloud.

What Reading Level is Creative Daoism?

Creative Daoism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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