Li Yuanguo李远国

Period

Contemporary

Dates

1950 — ?

Role

Daoist ScholarsResearch Fellow, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences

Birthplace

Chengdu

Life

Li Yuanguo is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Culture, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, and a senior scholar of Daoist studies in Sichuan. His main research areas are Daoist internal alchemy (neidan), Daoist practices of nourishing life, and the history of Daoism in Sichuan. His works include Daoist Qigong and the Nourishment of Life (1988), Historical Sketches of Daoism in Sichuan, Thunder Rites of the Shenxiao School: The Development and Thought of the Shenxiao Tradition of Daoism, Daoist Techniques of Refinement and Nourishment, and the edited volume Compendium of Daoist Qigong and Life-Nourishment; of these, Thunder Rites of the Shenxiao School is a dedicated study of the Shenxiao school, and he also co-authored A Critical Biography of Chen Tuan. The above is public academic information. He was also among the earlier scholars in mainland China to systematically compile Daoist qigong literature, and his work has significantly influenced the study of life-nourishment culture since the 1980s.

Contributions & Influence

• Research on Daoist internal alchemy and qigong life-nourishment
• Wrote Thunder Rites of the Shenxiao School, a study of the Shenxiao tradition
• Compiled the history of Daoism in Sichuan

Works

• Daoist Qigong and Life-Nourishing Studies
• Shenxiao Thunder Rites
• A Brief History of Daoism in Sichuan
• Daoist Techniques of Refinement and Cultivation