Lee Dian Rainey

Decoding Dao (eBook, ePUB)

Reading the Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) and the Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. * Offers a detailed introduction to the core texts in Daoist philosophy, the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi, two of the most widely read - and most challenging - texts in China's long literary history * Covers the three main ways the texts can be read: as religious, mystical, and philosophical works * Explores their historical context, origins, authorship, and the reasons these seminal texts came into being, along with the key terms and approaches they take * Examines the core philosophical arguments made in the texts, as well as the many ways in which they have been interpreted, both in China itself and in the West * Provides readers with an unrivalled insight into the multifaceted philosophy of Daoism - and the principles underlying much of Chinese culture - informed by the very latest academic scholarship

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118465677
• Artikelnr.: 40375715

Autorenporträt

Lee Dian Rainey is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. She has taught Chinese philosophy for more than twenty years and has published widely in this area. Her publications include Confucius and Confucianism: The Essentials (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Book Notes x Chronology xi Section One: The Context Chapter One The Social and Political Background
Confucianism
Mozi and Mohism (Moe
ds) and (Moe
ism)
Yang Zhu and Shen Dao (Ya
ahng, Jew)
Language and Logicians
Trends During the Warring States Era
Cultural Heroes and Concepts
Summary 3 Section Two: Authors and Texts Chapter Two The Dao De Jing
Why Does the Dao De Jing/Tao Te Ching/Laozi/Lao Tzu Have So Many Names?
Dao De Jing, The Author
Dao De Jing, the Text
The Dao De Jing, the Style of the Text
The Dao De Jing in the West
The Zhuangzi, the Author
The Zhuangzi, the Text
The Zhuangzi, the Style of the Text
The Zhuangzi in the West
Issues in Translation
Summary 27 Chapter Three The Dao? A Dao? Dao? daos? dao?
Images: 49 Water, Women, Baby, Root, and Others
What Is the Problem?
Conventional Values: Pairs of Opposites
Being and Non
Being
Summary Chapter Four Illogical Statements?
Decoding
Not Acting, Not Knowing, Not Desiring
Ziran, Self
So, Natural, Spontaneous
Language
Morality
Summary 70 Chapter Five War
Government, Society, and the Sage
Ruler
The Golden Age
Advice for Would
Be Sages
Losing dao
Summary 90 Chapter Six What Is the Problem?
Anti
Confucians
Anti
Mohists
Being Useless
Point of View
This and That
Knowing How
Knowing What
Summary 111 Chapter Seven Language: Convention and Culture
This/ That, True/False
Language Is OK, Up to a Point
How to Use Language
Clarity
Death
Transformation
Survival of Consciousness and an Afterlife
Immortality
Dao
Summary 132 Chapter Eight Public Life
The Golden Age
What Should We Do?
Mirror
Forgetting
Mind/Heart Fasting
Perfected People
The Relationship of the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi
Summary 156 Section Three: Developing Dao Chapter Nine The School of Zhuangzi and Followers of the Dao De Jing
The Han Feizi
The Guanzi
Huang
Lao
The Huainanzi
The Liezi
The Han Dynasty and Beyond
Summary 179 Chapter Ten Organized Daoism
The Search for Immortality
Organized Groups
The Cult of Laozi
Modern Organized Daoism
The Mystical Reading
The Philosophical Reading
Modern Daoism
Dao Lite
A Lao
Zhuang Daoist
What Is Daoism and Other Problems 202 Glossary of Technical Terms 232 Glossary of Pronunciation 235 Further Reading 237 Bibliography 239 Index 252

Rezensionen

"Decoding Dao does an amazing job of making classical Daoist philosophy accessible to undergraduates today. Many years of experience teaching this subject and listening carefully to students' questions have resulted in a book which finally explains Daoism in a way that works for them and not just for experts. This is a great achievement pedagogically and an enormous help for any class teaching about Daoism and Chinese philosophy."
--James Miller, Professor of Chinese Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

This wonderful introduction provides historical context, keen analysis, and lively, accessible examples to help readers appreciate both surface meanings and the deeper significance of two essential--and beloved--texts of Chinese religion. Rainey's great strength is to take very complex material and present it in an accurate, but friendly and accessible way. This is an excellent companion book and textbook for any student--or general reader--anyone working his or her way through the Laozi or Zhuangzi.
--Jennifer Oldstone-Moore, Wittenberg University