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\nPATRICIA EBREYKRISTOFER SCHIPPER  \nNANCY SHATZMAN STEINHARDTWu HuNG  \nTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO  \nIN ASsoCIATION WITHUNIVERSITY oF CALIFORNIA PRESS  \nThis book was published in conjunction with the eshibition \"Taoismand the Arts of China.\"organized by The At Insitute of Chicago andpresentedin the mustum's Regenstein Hal frem November 4,2000,to January 7.2oot.The exchibition was also presented at the Asian ArtMuseum of San Francisco from February zi to May 13,2001.  \nCopright o20oo by The Art Institute of Chicago  \nFor copright oof photographs,see Photography Credits,p.408.  \nAllrights reserved.No part ofthis publication may be reproduced in anyform or by any electronic or mechanical means,including inormationtorage and retrievzl ystems,without prior witten permision from thePublications Department of The Art Institute of Chicago,except byareviewer,who mrquote bief pasages in a review  \n\"Tacism and the Arts of China\"was supported by the E.Rhodes andLecna B.Carpenter Foundation,the Estate ofWliam Bronson Mitehelland Grayce Slovet Mitchel,the Heny Luce Foundation,the FreemanFamiy Foundation,and The wL5.Spencer Foundation.  \nMajor funding was provided by the National Endowment for theHumanities and the National Endowment for the Arts,dedicated toespanding the understanding of cultural and aristic heitage.  \nFirst edition  \nPrinted in Belgium  \n05040302010  987654321  \nPublished by  \nThe Art Iinsttute of Chicago1 South Michigan AvenueChicago.linls 6o6o3in association wihUniversity of Califomia Press2120 Berkeley wayBerkeley,California 94720  \nProduced by the Publications DepartmentofThe Art Institute ofChicago.Susan F.Rossen,Executive Director  \nEdited by Rabertv Sharp.Asseciate Directer of Pulications,andCatherine A.Steinmann,Special Projects Editor,assisted by FaithBrabenec Hart  \nProduction by Sarah E.Guernsey.Producian Coordinator,assisted byStacey A.Hendricks,Production Assistant  \nUnless otherwise noted,all photographs are by the Department ofImaging.Alan B.Newman,Executive Director  \nDesigned and typeset by Ed Marquand and Susan E Keky,ManquandBooks,Inc,Seatle,Washington  \nSeparations by Professional Graphics,Ine,Rockford,llinisPrinted and bound by Snoeck.Ducaju &Zon,Chent,Belgium  \nLibraryofCongress Catalogingin-Publication Data  \nLitleStephen,1954-  \nTaclsm and the arts efChina/by Stephen Little with Shawn Eichman;wich essays by Patricia Ebrey…[et alj  \np.cm.  \n158N O-520-22784·◎(cloth:ak.paper)—150NO-520-22785-9(pbk.alk.paper)  \n1,Art,Taoist-China—Ezhibilions,2.Art.Chinese—Eahibifions.  \n3.Tanism—Chinz—Eshibitions,1.Eichman,Shawn,IL.Title.  \nN8199.73 Ls82000704.94899514'0951—dcz100-34377  \nCovERAND BACK covre:details,Ondination Scrolof Empes Zhang(eat,no,57);rnONTISPIrCE,P.2:detail,The Eight immoraks,theThre Star,and the Quren Mothar of the West ar the Tunquehe Pond(cat.no.n18).  \n## 6.Foreword\n\nJAMES N.WooD  \nz AcknowledgmentsSrPHNLITTL  \n Notes to the Reader  \n0 Map of China  \n1 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