Myth and meaning in early Daoism : the theme of chaos (hundun) / N. J. Girardot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girardot, N. J.

Contributor:

Girardot, N. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taoism.

Physical Description:

276 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First Three Pines Press edition, [revised edition].

Other Title:

Theme of chaos (hundun)

Place of Publication:

Magdalena, N.M. : Three Pines Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: ordering chaos comparatively

Preliminary meanders. Soup, symbol, and salvation: the chaos theme in Chinese and Daoist tradition

Textual analysis. Beginning and return in the Daode Jing ; Bored to death: the arts of Mr. Hundun in the Zhuangzi ; Chaotic order and benevolent disorder in the Zhuangzi ; Cosmogony and conception in the Huainanzi and Liezi

Comparative analysis. Egg, gourd, and deluge: toward a typology of the chaos theme ; Egg, gourd, and deluge: the mythological prototype of the chaos theme

Concluding spirals. The order of chaos: symbolic aspects of Daoist mysticism ; Conclusion: the conundrum of hundun.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Myth and meaning in early Taoism. 1983.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index.

Related Work:

Girardot, N. J. Myth and meaning in early Taoism.

ISBN:

9781931483100

1931483108

OCLC:

262737507

Publisher Number:

99935561404