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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Yang, Erzeng, 17th cent.

[Han Xiangzi quan zhuan. English]

The story of Han Xiangzi : the alchemical adventures of a Daoist immortal / Yang Erzeng ; translated and introduced by Philip Clart.

    p. cm. — (A China program book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98690-6 (alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-295-98690-5 (alk. paper)

I. Clart, Philip, 1963–  II. Title.

PL2698.Y26H313 2007

895.1’34—dc22

2006033318

The paper used in this publication is acid-free and 90 percent recycled from at least 50 percent post-consumer waste. It meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984.