The Daode Jing

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The Daode jing (""Book of the Dao and Its Virtue"") is an essential work in both traditional Chinese culture and world philosophy. This guide provides an overview of the text, presenting its historical unfolding, its major concepts, and its contemporary use.

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Full title :The Daode Jing

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019.

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Description:1 online resource (289 pages)

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ISBN:0190689846, 9780190689841
oclc:on1119643366
LC Classification:BL1925
Dewey Decimal:950

Cover; Series; The Daodejing A Guide; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Introduction: Guides to Sacred Texts; Introduction; Part I; 1. Times and Authorship; The AxialAge; The Warring States; Confucianism; Yin-Yang Cosmology; Laozi; The Laozi Legend; Divinization; 2. Textual Development; Language; Texts in Tombs; Guodian; Mawangdui; Heshang Gong; Standardization; WangBi; 3. Key Concepts; Dao; Cosmic Unfolding; Natural Dynamics; Self-Being; Virtue; Images and Metaphors; 4. Social Application; Nonaction; Social Reality; Sufficiency; Humility and Simplicity

Clarity and StillnessSagehood; Part II; 5. Communities and Politics; Primitivism; Self-Cultivation; Longevity Techniques; Inward Training; The Jixia Academy; Syncretism and Huang-Lao; Masters of Methods; 6. Devotional Activation; Early Recitation; The Celestial Masters; Chanting for Immortality; Highest Clarity; The Northern Celestial Masters; Integrated Ordination; 7. Commentary Exegeses; The Nature of Commentaries; Ideal Rulership; Personal Self-Cultivation; Original Nonbeing; Western Ascension; Mystical Attainment; 8. Later Developments; Twofold Mystery; Imperial Attention; Song Huizong

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