Reading the Dao
Author: Keping Wang
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011-02-03
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introductory guide to the Dao de Jing, exploring key themes and passages in this key work of Daoist thought.
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Author: Keping Wang
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011-02-03
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introductory guide to the Dao de Jing, exploring key themes and passages in this key work of Daoist thought.
Author: Laozi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2004-05-24
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780520242210
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDao De Jing was composed in China between the late sixth and late fourth centuries BC.
Author: Lee Dian Rainey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-03-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 111846575X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Offers a detailed introduction to the core texts in Daoist philosophy, the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi, two of the most widely read – and most challenging – texts in China’s long literary history Covers the three main ways the texts can be read: as religious, mystical, and philosophical works Explores their historical context, origins, authorship, and the reasons these seminal texts came into being, along with the key terms and approaches they take Examines the core philosophical arguments made in the texts, as well as the many ways in which they have been interpreted, both in China itself and in the West Provides readers with an unrivalled insight into the multifaceted philosophy of Daoism – and the principles underlying much of Chinese culture – informed by the very latest academic scholarship
Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1931483329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Michael
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2015-09-25
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 1438458991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas Michael's study of the early history of the Daodejing reveals that the work is grounded in a unique tradition of early Daoism, one unrelated to other early Chinese schools of thought and practice. The text is associated with a tradition of hermits committed to yangsheng, a particular practice of physical cultivation involving techniques of breath circulation in combination with specific bodily movements leading to a physical union with the Dao. Michael explores the ways in which the text systematically anchored these techniques to a Dao-centered worldview. Including a new translation of the Daodejing, In the Shadows of the Dao opens new approaches to understanding the early history of one of the world's great religious texts and great religious traditions.
Author: Rudolf G. Wagner
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2003-10-23
Total Pages: 541
ISBN-13: 079145181X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresenting the commentary of the third-century sage Wang Bi, this book provides a Chinese way of reading the Daodejing, one which will surprise Western readers.
Author: Laozi
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2019-05-07
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0520305574
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dao De Jing is one of the richest, most suggestive, and most popular works of philosophy and literature. Composed in China between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., its enigmatic verses have inspired artists, philosophers, poets, religious thinkers, and general readers past and present. This new translation captures the beauty and nuance of the original work. In addition, the extensive and accessible commentary by Moss Roberts sheds light on the work’s historical and philosophical contexts and shows how the Dao De Jing addresses topics of relevance to our own times, such as politics, statecraft, cosmology, aesthetics, and ethics.
Author: Keping Wang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2010-12-02
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 1441196641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dao De Jing represents one of the most important works of Chinese philosophy, in which the author, Lao Zi (c. 580-500 BC), lays the foundations of Taoism. Composed of 81 short sections, the text itself is written in a poetic style that is ambiguous and challenging for the modern reader. Yet while its meaning may be obscure, the text displays the originality of Lao Zi's wisdom and remains a hugely influential work to this day. In Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry, Wang Keping offers a clear and accessible guide to this hugely important text. Wang's thematic approach opens up key elements of the Dao De Jing in a way that highlights and clarifies the central arguments for the modern reader. Presenting comprehensive textual analysis of key passages and a useful survey of recent Taoist scholarship, the book provides the reader with an insight into the origins of Taoist philosophy. This is the ideal companion to the study of this classic Taoist text.
Author: Thomas Michael
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 0791483177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Laozi (Daodejing) and the Zhuangzi have long been familiar to Western readers and have served as basic sources of knowledge about early Chinese Daoism. Modern translations and studies of these works have encouraged a perception of Daoism as a mystical philosophy heavy with political implications that advises kings to become one with the Dao. Breaking with this standard approach, The Pristine Dao argues that the Laozi and the Zhuangzi participated in a much wider tradition of metaphysical discourse that included a larger corpus of early Chinese writings. This book demonstrates that early Daoist discourse possessed a distinct, textually constituted coherence and a religious sensibility that starkly differed from the intellectual background of all other traditions of early China, including Confucianism. The author argues that this discourse is best analyzed through its emergence from the mythological imagination of early China, and that it was unified by a set of notions about the Dao that was shared by all of its participants. The author introduces certain categories from the Western religious and philosophical traditions in order to bring out the distinctive qualities constituting this discourse and to encourage its comparison with other religious and philosophical traditions.
Author: Lee Dian Rainey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1118465679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Offers a detailed introduction to the core texts in Daoist philosophy, the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi, two of the most widely read – and most challenging – texts in China’s long literary history Covers the three main ways the texts can be read: as religious, mystical, and philosophical works Explores their historical context, origins, authorship, and the reasons these seminal texts came into being, along with the key terms and approaches they take Examines the core philosophical arguments made in the texts, as well as the many ways in which they have been interpreted, both in China itself and in the West Provides readers with an unrivalled insight into the multifaceted philosophy of Daoism – and the principles underlying much of Chinese culture – informed by the very latest academic scholarship