A Chinese reading of the Daodejing : Wang Bi's commentary on the Laozi with critical text and translation / Rudolf G. Wagner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Rudolf G.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Laozi. Dao de jing.

Laozi.

Wanq, Bi, 226-249.

Wanq, Bi.

Physical Description:

viii, 531 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Wang Bi's commentary on the Laozi with critical text and translation

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2003]

Summary:

Many of the brightest Chinese minds have used the form of the commentary to open the terse and poetic chapters of the Laozi to their readers and also to develop a philosophy of their own. None has been more sophisticated, philosophically probing, and influential in the endeavor than a young genius of the third century C.E., Wang Bi (126-249). In this book, Rudolf G. Wagner provides a full translation of the Laozi that extracts from Wang Bi's Commentary the manner in which he read the text, as well as a full translation of Wang Bi's Commentary and his essay on the "subtle pointers" of the Laozi. The result is a Chinese reading of the Laozi that will surprise and delight Western readers familiar with some of the many translations of the work.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-512) and index.

Contains:

Laozi. Dao de jing. English

Wang, Bi, 226-249. Laozi wei zhi li lüe. English.

ISBN:

079145181X

0791451828

OCLC:

51983475