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Equanimity,
good health, peace of mind, and long life are the goals of the ancient Taoist
tradition known as "internal alchemy," of which
Cultivating
Stillness

is a key text. Written between the second and fifth centuries, the book is
attributed to T'ai Shang Lao-chun—the legendary figure more widely known as
Lao-Tzu, author of the
Tao-te
Ching
.
The accompanying commentary, written in the nineteenth century by Shui-ch'ing
Tzu, explains the alchemical symbolism of the text and the methods for
cultivating internal stillness of body and mind. A principal part of the Taoist
canon for many centuries,
Cultivating
Stillness

is still the first book studied by Taoist initiates today.