Fabrizio Pregadio

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Fabrizio Pregadio (born January 14, 1957 ) is an Italian sinologist .

Life

He is currently a member of the International College for Research in the Humanities. He previously taught at the University of Venice (1996–1997), the TU Berlin (1998–2001), Stanford University (2001–2008), McGill University (2009–2010) and the University of Erlangen (2014–2018).

His main research interests are Taoist views of man; the self-cultivation traditions of Taoism; their foundations in early Taoist works; and its relationship to traditional Chinese sciences, including cosmology, alchemy, and medicine.

Fonts (selection)

  • Zhouyi cantong qi. Dal Libro dei mutamenti all'elisir d'oro . Venice 1996, ISBN 8885613594 .
  • Great clarity. Daoism and alchemy in early medieval China . Stanford 2006, ISBN 0-8047-5177-3 .
  • The Seal of the Unity of the Three. A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi, the Source of the Taoist Way of the Golden Elixir . Mountian View 2011, ISBN 978-0-9843082-7-9 .
  • Taoist Internal Alchemy. An Anthology of Neidan Texts . Mountian View 2019, ISBN 978-0-9855475-5-4 .

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