Reading the Dao : a thematic inquiry / Keping Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Keping, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laozi. Dao de jing.

Laozi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

The essence of the Dao

The features of the Dao

The movement of the Dao

The Dao and the myriad things

The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of human

From the Dao into the De

The qualities of the De

On have-substance and have-no-substance

On take-action and take-no-action

On pleasure-snobbery and acquisitiveness

On the hard and the soft

On the beautiful and the ugly

On beauty, truth, and goodness

On modesty and retreat

On knowledge and wisdom

On fortune and misfortune

On life and death

On the merits of contentment

On the possibilities of achievement

On the art of leadership

On warfare

On peace

On returning to antiquity

On the ideal society

The attitude to the Dao and the De

The experience of the Dao and the De

The praxis of the Dao and the De

The attainment of the Dao and the De

Appendix : the Dao de jing of Laozi.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612948084

9781282948082

1282948083

9781441196644

1441196641

OCLC:

699475275