Fabrizio Pregadio (born January 14, 1957) is a Sinologist and a translator of Chinese language texts into English related to

Taoism Taoism (, ) or Daoism () refers to either a school of philosophical thought (道家; ''daojia'') or to a religion (道教; ''daojiao''), both of which share ideas and concepts of Chinese origin and emphasize living in harmony with the '' Ta ...

and

Neidan Neidan, or internal alchemy (), is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental, and spiritual practices that Taoist initiates use to prolong life and create an immortal spiritual body that would survive after death. Also known as Jindan ...

(Internal Alchemy). He is currently affiliated with the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), and is working on a project on the Taoist Master

Liu Yiming Liu Yiming (1734–1821) was a Chinese ophthalmologist, philosopher, and writer. He was one of the main representatives of Taoist Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. He was an 11th-generation master of one of the northern branches of the Longmen 龍� ...

(1734-1821) with the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG). Earlier, Pregadio taught at the

University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( it, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, simply Università Ca' Foscari) is a public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from ...

(1996–97), the Technical University of Berlin (1998-2001), Stanford University (2001–08),

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

in Montreal (2009–10), and the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...

(2014-18). His research interests are the Taoist views of the human being; the self-cultivation traditions of Taoism; their foundations in early Taoist works; and their relation to Chinese traditional sciences, including cosmology, alchemy, and medicine. Pregadio is the author of ''Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China'' (Stanford University Press, 2006) and the editor of ''The Encyclopedia of Taoism'' (Routledge, 2008). His translations of Taoist texts include the ''

Wuzhen pian The ''Wuzhen pian'' () is a 1075 Taoist classic on Neidan-style internal alchemy. Its author Zhang Boduan (張伯端; 987?–1082) was a Song dynasty scholar of the Three teachings (Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism). Author Zhang Boduan, or Zh ...

'' (Awakening to Reality, 2009), the ''

Cantong qi The ''Cantong qi'' is deemed to be the earliest book on Taoist alchemy in China. The title has been variously translated as ''Kinship of the Three'', ''Akinness of the Three'', ''Triplex Unity'', ''The Seal of the Unity of the Three'', and in se ...

'' (The Seal of the Unity of the Three, 2011 and 2012), the '' Ruyao jing'' (Mirror for Compounding the Medicine, 2013), a work by the Taoist master

(''Cultivating the Tao'', 2013), and an anthology of texts on

or Internal Alchemy (2019),Pregadio, Fabrizio
''Taoist Internal Alchemy: An Anthology of Neidan Texts''
Mountain View: Golden Elixir Press, 2019. all published by Golden Elixir Press.

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Fabrizio Pregadio
(International Consortium for Research in the Humanities)
Fabrizio Pregadio
(personal website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pregadio, Fabrizio Italian sinologists 1957 births Living people