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Author : Laozi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520242211
Dao De Jing was composed in China between the late sixth and late fourth centuries BC.
Author : Laozi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:670129765
Author : Hans-Georg Moeller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231510103
For centuries, the ancient Chinese philosophical text the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) has fascinated and frustrated its readers. While it offers a wealth of rich philosophical insights concerning the cultivation of one's body and attaining one's proper place within nature and the cosmos, its teachings and structure can be enigmatic and obscure. Hans-Georg Moeller presents a clear and coherent description and analysis of this vaguely understood Chinese classic. He explores the recurring images and ideas that shape the work and offers a variety of useful approaches to understanding and appreciating this canonical text. Moeller expounds on the core philosophical issues addressed in the Daodejing, clarifying such crucial concepts as Yin and Yang and Dao and De. He explains its teachings on a variety of subjects, including sexuality, ethics, desire, cosmology, human nature, the emotions, time, death, and the death penalty. The Daodejing also offers a distinctive ideal of social order and political leadership and presents a philosophy of war and peace. An illuminating exploration, The Daodejing is an interesting foil to the philosophical outlook of Western humanism and contains surprising parallels between its teachings and nontraditional contemporary philosophies.
Author : Livia Kohn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190689810
The Daode jing ("Book of the Dao and Its Virtue") is an essential work in both traditional Chinese culture and world philosophy. The oldest text of philosophical Daoism, and widely venerated among religious Daoist practitioners, it was composed around the middle of the 4th century BCE. Ascribed to a thinker named Laozi, a contemporary of Confucius, the work is based on a set of aphorisms designed to help local lords improve their techniques of government. The most translated book after the Bible, the Daode jing appears in numerous variants and remains highly relevant in the modern world. This guide provides an overview of the text, presenting its historical unfolding, its major concepts, and its contemporary use. It also gives some indication of its essence by citing relevant passages and linking them to the religious practices of traditional Daoism.
Author : Lao zi
Publisher : Broadway Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780385196376
A new translation of the "Tao Te Ching" merges ancient Eastern philosophy with contemporary Western sensibilities to provide a philosophical strategy for enhancing personal growth
Author : Laozi
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781603846387
Philip J. Ivanhoe's richly annotated translation of this classic work is accompanied by his engaging interpretation and commentary, a lucid introduction, and a Language Appendix that compares eight classic translations of the opening passage of the work and invites the reader to consider the principles upon which each was rendered.
Author : Laozi
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520305571
The Dao De Jing is one of the richest, most suggestive, and most popular works of philosophy and literature. Composed in China between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., its enigmatic verses have inspired artists, philosophers, poets, religious thinkers, and general readers past and present. This new translation captures the beauty and nuance of the original work. In addition, the extensive and accessible commentary by Moss Roberts sheds light on the work’s historical and philosophical contexts and shows how the Dao De Jing addresses topics of relevance to our own times, such as politics, statecraft, cosmology, aesthetics, and ethics.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190876487
This book presents for the first time in English a complete translation of the Expository Commentary to the Daode jing, written by the Daoist monk Cheng Xuanying in the 7th century CE. This commentary is a quintessential text of Tang dynasty Daoist philosophy and of Chongxuanxue or Twofold Mystery teachings. Cheng Xuanying proposes a reading of the ancient Daode jing that aligns the text with Daoist practices and beliefs and integrates Buddhist concepts and techniques into the exegesis of the Daode jing. Building on the philosophical tradition of Xuanxue authors like Wang Bi, Cheng read the Daode jing in light of Daoist religion. Cheng presents Laozi, the presumed author of the Daode jing, as a bodhisattva-like sage and savior, who wrote the Daode jing to compassionately guide human beings to salvation. Salvation is interpreted as a metaphysical form of immortality, reached by overcoming the dichotomy of being and non-being, and thus also life and death. Cheng's philosophical outlook ties together the ancient text of the Daode jing and contemporary developments in Daoist thought which occurred under the influence of an intense interaction with Buddhist ideas. The commentary is a vivid testimony of the integration of Buddhist thought into an exegesis of the ancient classic of the Daode jing, and thereby also into Chinese philosophy. Friederike Assandri frames this new translation with an extensive introduction, providing crucial context for a new reading of the Daode jing. It includes a biography of Cheng Xuanying, a discussion of the historical and political context of Daoism in early medieval China in the capital Chang'an, and a discussion of Cheng's philosophy in relation to the interaction of Daoism and Buddhism. This commentary is essential reading for students and scholars interested in the history of Chinese philosophy, Daoist thought, and the reception of Buddhism in China.
Author : Rudolf G. Wagner,Laozi
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791451816
Presenting the commentary of the third-century sage Wang Bi, this book provides a Chinese way of reading the Daodejing, one which will surprise Western readers.
Author : Dr. Guo Yong Jin
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781504314114
Lao Zi (also Lao-Tzu or Lao-Tze) was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. His book, Dao De Jing (or Tao Te Ching), has been in circulation for more than 2,500 years. There are many versions and more than one thousand annotations, yet most readers still find it difficult to understand, let alone apply in daily life. Thus Dao De Jing is often misunderstood and regarded as containing mystical teachings disconnected from reality. In Mysteries of Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) Revealed, author Dr. Guo Yong Jin dismisses many myths about this great work, including its link to Taoism (a religion founded six hundred years after Lao Zi). Shedding the mystical and surreal, he brings clarity to the teachings by drawing on Lao Zi’s source of inspiration—nature. In this way, Dr. Guo distinguishes his interpretation of Dao De Jing from those before him. The typical interpretation focuses on the semantics of Lao Zi’s written word; Dr. Guo, however, returns to the roots of Dao De Jing, using simple observations of nature to clarify the text. Dao De Jing lays bare the truths and realities of life and the universe. It explains the origins of life and the principles upon which the universe operates. Though much of Dao De Jing is mirrored in science and psychology, the ancient text offers an even deeper understanding. It is neither superstitious nor religious, nor is it a personal philosophy. Dao De Jing is simply wisdom in its essence.
Author : The Arthur Waley Estate,Arthur Waley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781136577284
First published in 1934. Unlike previous translations, this translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Tê Ching is based not on the medieval commentaries but on a close study of the whole of early Chinese literature.
Author : Laozi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HY4IHE
Author : Gary Delaney DeAngelis,Warren G. Frisina
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190450304
The Daode Jing, a highly enigmatic work rooted in ancient Chinese cosmology, ontology, metaphysics, and moral thinking, is regularly offered to college and high-school students in religion, philosophy, history, literature, Asian studies, and humanities courses. As a result, an ever-expanding group of faculty with very different backgrounds and training routinely confront the question: "How should I teach the Daode Jing?" Written for non-specialists who may not have a background in ancient Chinese culture, the essays collected in this volume provide up-to-date information on contemporary scholarship and classroom strategies that have been successful in a variety of teaching environments. A classic text like the Daode Jing generates debate among scholars and teachers who ask questions like: Should we capitalize on popular interest in the Daode Jing in our classrooms? Which of the many translations and scholarly approaches ought we to use? Is it appropriate to think of the Daode Jing as a religious text at all? These and other controversies are addressed in this volume. Contributors are well-known scholars of Daoism, including Livia Kohn, Norman Girardot, Robert Henricks, Russell Kirkland, Hans-Georg Moeller, Hall Roth, and Michael LaFargue. In addition, there are essays by Eva Wong (Daoist practitioner), David Hall (philosophy), Gary DeAngelis (mysticism), and a jointly written essay on pedagogical strategies by Judith Berling, Geoffrey Foy, and John Thompson (Chinese religion).
Author : Laozi
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812696257
The Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) or Laozi (Lao Tzu), is the most fundamental scripture of Daoism and a classic of world literature. This new English translation is based on the most recent scholarship in the field and takes into account the ancient manuscript
Author : Livia Kohn,Michael LaFargue
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791436004
Examines the traditional and modern Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching, and its author, Lao-tzu.