- Visiting Fellow
- Fabrizio Pregadio
- Prof.
- Time period: 01.04.2025 - 31.07.2025
- Research title: Daoist Internal Alchemy and Science in Contemporary Taiwan
- Research Region: Taiwan, China
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M.A. (Chinese Language and Literature), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1983
Graduate study, University of Kyoto, Institute for Research in Humanities, 1985-90
Ph.D. (Civilizations of East Asia), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1990
Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Kyoto, 1991-95
Visiting Professor, Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Philosophy, 1999-2001
Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Dept of Religious Studies, 2001-2003
Acting Associate Professor of Chinese Religions, Stanford University, Dept of Religious Studies, 2003-2009
Guest Professor of Daoist Anthropology, Erlangen University, Institute of Sinology, 2014-2017
Fabrizio Pregadio has taught at different universities in Italy, Germany, the United States, and Canada. His research interests are Daoist thought and religion, alchemy, views of the human being, and self-cultivation traditions. He is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Taoism (Routledge, 2008), the author of Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China (Stanford UP, 2006), and his publications include studies and translations of several Chinese alchemical classics. He has just published a Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy (Brill, 2025) and is currently working on a monograph on the Taoist master Liu Yiming (1734-1821).
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2000. “Elixirs and Alchemy.” In Daoism Handbook, ed. by Livia Kohn, 165-95. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2000. “Inner Alchemy (Neidan).” With Lowell Skar. In Daoism Handbook, ed. by Livia Kohn, 464-97. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2004. Abstracts of twenty-one Daozang 道藏 texts in The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang, ed. by Kristofer Schipper and Franciscus Verellen. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2006. “Early Daoist Meditation and the Origins of Inner Alchemy.” In Daoism in History: Essays in Honour of Liu Ts’un-yan, ed. by Benjamin Penny, 121-58. London: Routledge.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2006. Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Translated into Chinese by Han Jishao 韓吉紹 as Taiqing: Zhongguo zhonggu zaoqi de daojiao he liandanshu 太清 － 中国中古早期的道教和炼丹术 (Jinan: Qi Lu shushe, 2016).
Pregadio, Fabrizio, ed. 2008. The Encyclopedia of Taoism. London and New York: Routledge. [Contains about 800 articles written by 46 contributors from the USA, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Prized as “Outstanding Reference Source” by the American Library Association in 2009.]
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2011, 2012. The Seal of the Unity of the Three. Two volumes. Vol. 1: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi, the Source of the Taoist Way of the Golden Elixir. Vol. 2: Bibliographic Studies on the Cantong qi: Commentaries, Essays, and Related Works. Mountain View: Golden Elixir Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2014. “Destiny, Vital Force, or Existence? On the Meanings of Ming 命 in Daoist Internal Alchemy and its Relation to Xing 性 or Human Nature.” Daoism: Religion, History and Society 6: 157-218.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2014. “Superior Virtue, Inferior Virtue: A Doctrinal Theme in the Works of the Daoist Master Liu Yiming (1734–1821).” T’oung Pao 100: 460-98.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2016. “Religious Daoism.” In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. by Edward N. Zalta. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/daoism-religion/
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2019. “Daoist Canon.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Chinese Studies, ed. by Tim Wright. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2019. Taoist Internal Alchemy: An Anthology of Neidan Texts. Mountain View: Golden Elixir Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2020. “Chinese Alchemy.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Chinese Studies, ed. by Tim Wright. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2020. “The Man-Bird Mountain: Writing and Revelation in Early China.” International Journal of Divination and Prognostication 2: 29-83.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2022. “Daoism and Divination.” In Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China, Part 1: Introduction to the Field, ed. by Michael Lackner and Zhao Lu, 364-412. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2024. Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy. Leiden: Brill.
M.A. (Chinese Language and Literature), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1983
Graduate study, University of Kyoto, Institute for Research in Humanities, 1985-90
Ph.D. (Civilizations of East Asia), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 1990
Research Fellow, Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Kyoto, 1991-95
Visiting Professor, Technische Universität Berlin, Institute of Philosophy, 1999-2001
Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Dept of Religious Studies, 2001-2003
Acting Associate Professor of Chinese Religions, Stanford University, Dept of Religious Studies, 2003-2009
Guest Professor of Daoist Anthropology, Erlangen University, Institute of Sinology, 2014-2017
Fabrizio Pregadio has taught at different universities in Italy, Germany, the United States, and Canada. His research interests are Daoist thought and religion, alchemy, views of the human being, and self-cultivation traditions. He is the editor of the Encyclopedia of Taoism (Routledge, 2008), the author of Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China (Stanford UP, 2006), and his publications include studies and translations of several Chinese alchemical classics. He has just published a Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy (Brill, 2025) and is currently working on a monograph on the Taoist master Liu Yiming (1734-1821).
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2000. “Elixirs and Alchemy.” In Daoism Handbook, ed. by Livia Kohn, 165-95. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2000. “Inner Alchemy (Neidan).” With Lowell Skar. In Daoism Handbook, ed. by Livia Kohn, 464-97. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2004. Abstracts of twenty-one Daozang 道藏 texts in The Taoist Canon: A Historical Companion to the Daozang, ed. by Kristofer Schipper and Franciscus Verellen. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2006. “Early Daoist Meditation and the Origins of Inner Alchemy.” In Daoism in History: Essays in Honour of Liu Ts’un-yan, ed. by Benjamin Penny, 121-58. London: Routledge.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2006. Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Translated into Chinese by Han Jishao 韓吉紹 as Taiqing: Zhongguo zhonggu zaoqi de daojiao he liandanshu 太清 － 中国中古早期的道教和炼丹术 (Jinan: Qi Lu shushe, 2016).
Pregadio, Fabrizio, ed. 2008. The Encyclopedia of Taoism. London and New York: Routledge. [Contains about 800 articles written by 46 contributors from the USA, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Prized as “Outstanding Reference Source” by the American Library Association in 2009.]
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2011, 2012. The Seal of the Unity of the Three. Two volumes. Vol. 1: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi, the Source of the Taoist Way of the Golden Elixir. Vol. 2: Bibliographic Studies on the Cantong qi: Commentaries, Essays, and Related Works. Mountain View: Golden Elixir Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2014. “Destiny, Vital Force, or Existence? On the Meanings of Ming 命 in Daoist Internal Alchemy and its Relation to Xing 性 or Human Nature.” Daoism: Religion, History and Society 6: 157-218.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2014. “Superior Virtue, Inferior Virtue: A Doctrinal Theme in the Works of the Daoist Master Liu Yiming (1734–1821).” T’oung Pao 100: 460-98.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2016. “Religious Daoism.” In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. by Edward N. Zalta. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/daoism-religion/
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2019. “Daoist Canon.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Chinese Studies, ed. by Tim Wright. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2019. Taoist Internal Alchemy: An Anthology of Neidan Texts. Mountain View: Golden Elixir Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2020. “Chinese Alchemy.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Chinese Studies, ed. by Tim Wright. New York: Oxford University Press.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2020. “The Man-Bird Mountain: Writing and Revelation in Early China.” International Journal of Divination and Prognostication 2: 29-83.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2022. “Daoism and Divination.” In Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China, Part 1: Introduction to the Field, ed. by Michael Lackner and Zhao Lu, 364-412. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
Pregadio, Fabrizio. 2024. Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy. Leiden: Brill.
