The Daode Jing

A Guide

AvLivia Kohn

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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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. The oldest text of philosophical Daoism, and widely venerated among religious Daoist practitioners, it was composed around the middle of the 4th century BCE. Ascribed to a thinker named Laozi, a contemporary of Confucius, the work is based on a set of aphorisms designed to help local lords improve their techniques of government. The most translated book after the Bible, the Daode jing appears in numerous variants and remains highly relevant in the modern world. This guide provides an overview of the text, presenting its historical unfolding, its major concepts, and its contemporary use. It also gives some indication of its essence by citing relevant passages and linking them to the religious practices of traditional Daoism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-27
Mått:213 x 142 x 22 mm
Vikt:437 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Guides to Sacred Texts
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780190689810

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Livia Kohn, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Religion and East Asian Studies at Boston University. The author or editor of over 40 books, she now lives in Florida, serves as the executive editor of the Journal of Daoist Studies, and runs various workshops and conferences.

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the volume provides accessible and altogether reliable insights in the Daoist tradition and thereby documents one aspect the Dàodéjīng's persuasive power

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Introduction PART I: THE TEXT Chapter 1: Times and AuthorshipThe Axial AgeThe Warring StatesConfucianismYin-Yang CosmologyLaoziThe Laozi LegendDivinization Chapter 2: Textual DevelopmentLanguageTexts in TombsGuodianMawangduiHeshang gongStandardizationWang Bi Chapter 3: General PrinciplesDaoCosmic UnfoldingNatural DynamicsSelf-BeingVirtueImages and Metaphors Chapter 4: Social ApplicationNonactionSocial RealitySufficiencyHumility and SimplicityClarity and StillnessSagehood PART II: TRADITIONAL EXPANSIONS Chapter 5: Communities and PoliticsPrimitivismSelf-CultivationLongevity TechniquesInward TrainingThe Jixia AcademySyncretism and Huang-LaoMasters of Methods Chapter 6: Devotional ActivationEarly RecitationThe Celestial MastersImmortalityMeditationRitual VenerationOrdinationIntegrated Practice Chapter 7: Commentary ExegesesThe Nature of CommentariesIdeal RulershipPersonal Self-CultivationOriginal NonbeingWestern AscensionMystical Attainment Chapter 8: Later DevelopmentsTwofold MysteryImperial AttentionSong HuizongInternal AlchemyDaode jing ReadingsClarity and StillnessThe Qingjing jing PART III: MODERN RECEPTION Chapter 9: China TodayReligious Veneration Academic StudyIntellectual EngagementPolitics and EducationEcologyCognitive TherapySelf-Help Chapter 10: In the WorldEastern TransmissionEarly Western ReceptionSeeing DaoPhilosophical AdaptationPopular UnderstandingMultiple Readings Chapter 11: English TranslationsTypes of TranslationsLiteral TranslationsHistorical ScholarshipPhilosophical ReadingsPoetic VersionsSocial ApplicationsSelf-Help ManualsWhimsical Renditions Chapter 12: Western AdaptationsDaoist LeadershipDoing BusinessEcologyThe Tao of . . .Literary AllegoriesSongs of Dao