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About this book
The Dao De Jing represents one of the most important works of Chinese philosophy, in which the author, Lao Zi (c. 580-500 BC), lays the foundations of Taoism. Composed of 81 short sections, the text itself is written in a poetic style that is ambiguous and challenging for the modern reader. Yet while its meaning may be obscure, the text displays the originality of Lao Zi's wisdom and remains a hugely influential work to this day.
In Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry, Wang Keping offers a clear and accessible guide to this hugely important text. Wang's thematic approach opens up key elements of the Dao De Jing in a way that highlights and clarifies the central arguments for the modern reader. Presenting comprehensive textual analysis of key passages and a useful survey of recent Taoist scholarship, the book provides the reader with an insight into the origins of Taoist philosophy. This is the ideal companion to the study of this classic Taoist text.
In Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry, Wang Keping offers a clear and accessible guide to this hugely important text. Wang's thematic approach opens up key elements of the Dao De Jing in a way that highlights and clarifies the central arguments for the modern reader. Presenting comprehensive textual analysis of key passages and a useful survey of recent Taoist scholarship, the book provides the reader with an insight into the origins of Taoist philosophy. This is the ideal companion to the study of this classic Taoist text.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Reference key
- 1 The Essence of the Dao
- 2 The Features of the Dao
- 3 The Movement of the Dao
- 4 The Dao and the Myriad Things
- 5 The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of Human
- 6 From the Dao into the De
- 7 The Qualities of the De
- 8 On Have-substance and Have-no-substance
- 9 On Take-action and Take-no-action
- 10 On Pleasure-Snobbery and Acquisitiveness
- 11 On the Hard and the Soft
- 12 On the Beautiful and the Ugly
- 13 On Beauty, Truth, and Goodness
- 14 On Modesty and Retreat
- 15 On Knowledge and Wisdom
- 16 On Fortune and Misfortune
- 17 On Life and Death
- 18 On the Merits of Contentment
- 19 On the Possibilities of Achievement
- 20 On the Art of Leadership
- 21 On Warfare
- 22 On Peace
- 23 On Returning to Antiquity
- 24 On the Ideal Society
- 25 The Attitude to the Dao and the De
- 26 The Experience of the Dao and the De
- 27 The Praxis of the Dao and the De
- 28 The Attainment of the Dao and the De
- Appendix: The Dao De Jing of Laozi
- References
- Index
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