The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism
In The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism, Harold D. Roth explores the origins and nature of the Daoist tradition, arguing that its creators and innovators were not abstract philosophers but, rather, mystics engaged in self-exploration and self-cultivation, which in turn provided the insights embodied in such famed works as the Daodejing and Zhuangzi. In this compilation of essays and chapters representing nearly thirty years of scholarship, Roth examines the historical and intellect…
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In The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism, Harold D. Roth explores the origins and nature of the Daoist tradition, arguing that its creators and innovators were not abstract philosophers but, rather, mystics engaged in self-exploration and self-cultivation, which in turn provided the insights embodied in such famed works as the Daodejing and Zhuangzi. In this compilation of essays and chapters representing nearly thirty years of scholarship, Roth examines the historical and intellectual origins of Daoism and demonstrates how this distinctive philosophy emerged directly from practices that were essentially contemplative in nature. In the first part of the book, Roth applies text-critical methods to derive the hidden contemplative dimensions of classical Daoism. In the second part, he applies a "contemplative hermeneutic" to explore the relationship between contemplative practices and classical Daoist philosophy and, in so doing, brings early Daoist writings into conversation with contemporary contemplative studies. To this he adds an introduction in which he reflects on the arc and influence on the field of early Chinese thought of this rich vein of scholarship and an afterword in which he applies both interpretive methods to the vexing question of the authorship of the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi. The Contemplative Foundations of Classical Daoism brings to fruition the cumulative investigations and observations of a leading figure in the emerging field of contemplative studiesas they pertain to a core component of early Chinese thought.
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- Publication Date:2021
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- Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
- Place of Publication:Albany
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2021
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- Description:1 ressource en ligne.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1438482728, 9781438482729
- oclc:on1249695412
- LC Classification:BL1923
- Dewey Decimal:299.5/14435
Table of Contents
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Introduction -- Part I: Contemplative Foundations and Textual Methods -- Part II: Contemplative Foundations and Philosophical Contexts -- Part I: Contemplative Foundations and Textual Methods -- Chapter 1 Psychology and Self-Cultivation in Early Daoistic Thought -- The Guanzi Texts -- "Neiye" ("Inward Training") -- "Xinshu shang" (The Techniques of the Mind, Part I) -- "Xinshu xia" (Techniques of the Mind, Part II) -- The Huainanzi -- Human Nature -- The Physiological Basis of Human Experience -- The Vital Essence
Concluding Remarks -- Did a Syncretist Author Compile the Zhuangzi? -- "Textual Shuffling" in the Syncretist Zhuangzi -- The Zhuangzi at Huainan -- The Date of Compilation of the Zhuangzi -- Final Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Redaction Criticism and the Early History of Daoism -- Introduction -- Some Hypotheses on the Early History of Daoism -- Four Daoist Essays in the Guanzi -- Linguistic Data for Comparative Dating -- The Structure of "Xinshu xia" -- Redaction Strategies and the Ideology of "Xinshu xia" -- Redaction Strategiesin the Borrowed Material -- Ideological Emendations
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