"Chen Guying's Laozi dissects different versions of the Laozi and provides close readings of traditional and contemporary commentaries, from Han Fei, Wang Bi, and Heshang Gong through to Shi Deqing, Xu Kangsheng and Ding Yuanzhi. This book completely changed Laozi studies in Chi…
The emergence of Daoism: creation of tradition
by Raz, Gil
fromRoutledge studies in Taoism
The emergence of Daoism: creation of tradition
by Raz, Gil
fromRoutledge studies in Taoism
"From its earliest origins in the Dao De Jing of Laozi, Daoism has been a known as a movement that is skeptical of the ability of language to fully express the truth. While many scholars have compared the earliest works of Daoism to language-skeptical movements in twentieth-cent…
"Since discourses on humanistic traditions have so far largely been focused on European cultures, this volume attempts to open the field to counterparts within Chinese culture which, as a matter of fact, has a rich autochthonous tradition of humanism as well. The contributors ex…
"Providing a unique focus on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, this lucid introduction to the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi offers students a comprehensive understanding of the principles underlying much of Chinese culture"--
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 t…
Introduction -- The Writ in early medieval southern China -- The religious life of objects: the talismans of the Writ and their surviving fragments -- Beyond talismans: alchemy, charts, and meditation in relation to the Writ -- From local lore to universal Dao: the cavern of div…
Hengxian: stages of cosmic unfolding -- Taiyi shengshui: textual structure and conceptual layers -- Fanwu liuxing: from oneness to multiplicity -- Huangdi sijing: governing through oneness -- Laozi: "Dao models itself" -- Laozi: "a great vessel" -- Han Laozi: variants and new re…
Part I. Studies -- Mystics in training: living the Daoist body -- The mystical process: healing and immortality -- The ethical universe: precepts and mystical practice -- Mystical philosophy: theories, logic, and exegesis -- Modes of mystical experience: enstasy versus ecstasy -…