This innovative work seriously challenges the boundaries that are commonly drawn between such fields of inquiry as Chinese literature, Daoist ritual, and late imperial Chinese society and political history. Mark Meulenbeld steers scholarly awareness in a different direction by r…
Revealing the fundamental continuities that exist between vernacular fiction and exorcist, martial rituals in the vernacular language, Mark Meulenbeld argues that a specific type of Daoist exorcism helped shape vernacular novels in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Focusing on …
Revealing the fundamental continuities that exist between vernacular fiction and exorcist, martial rituals in the vernacular language, Mark Meulenbeld argues that a specific type of Daoist exorcism helped shape vernacular novels in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Focusing on …
"In a historical moment when cross-cultural communication proves both necessary and difficult, the work of comparative philosophy is timely. Philosophical resources for building a shared future marked by vitality and collaborative meaning-making are in high demand. Taking note o…
Early Daoist scriptures
by BOKENKAMP, STEPHEN R., Nickerson, Peter S
fromTaoist Classics
In Early Daoist Scriptures, Stephen Bokenkamp introduces the reader to ancient scriptures never before published in the West, providing a systematic and easily accessible introduction to early Daoism (2d-6th century C.E.). Representative works from each of the principal Daoist t…
Early Daoist scriptures
by BOKENKAMP, STEPHEN R., Nickerson, Peter S
fromTaoist Classics
In Early Daoist Scriptures, Stephen Bokenkamp introduces the reader to ancient scriptures never before published in the West, providing a systematic and easily accessible introduction to early Daoism (2d-6th century C.E.). Representative works from each of the principal Daoist t…
"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…
