Kohn: The Daode Jing | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780190689827 | The Daode Jing | Kohn | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | 2019

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Beschreibung

The Daode jing ("Book of the Dao and Its Virtue") is an essential work in both traditional Chinese culture and world philosophy. This guide provides an overview of the text, presenting its historical unfolding, its major concepts, and its contemporary use.

Über den Autor

Livia Kohn, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Religion and East Asian Studies at Boston University. The author or editor of over 40 books, she now lives in Florida, serves as the executive editor of the Journal of Daoist Studies, and runs various workshops and conferences.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: THE TEXT

Chapter 1: Times and Authorship

The Axial Age

The Warring States

Confucianism

Yin-Yang Cosmology

Laozi

The Laozi Legend

Divinization

Chapter 2: Textual Development

Language

Texts in Tombs

Guodian

Mawangdui

Heshang gong

Standardization

Wang Bi

Chapter 3: General Principles

Cosmic Unfolding

Natural Dynamics

Self-Being

Virtue

Images and Metaphors

Chapter 4: Social Application

Nonaction

Social Reality

Sufficiency

Humility and Simplicity

Clarity and Stillness

Sagehood

PART II: TRADITIONAL EXPANSIONS

Chapter 5: Communities and Politics

Primitivism

Self-Cultivation

Longevity Techniques

Inward Training

The Jixia Academy

Syncretism and Huang-Lao

Masters of Methods

Chapter 6: Devotional Activation

Early Recitation

The Celestial Masters

Immortality

Meditation

Ritual Veneration

Ordination

Integrated Practice

Chapter 7: Commentary Exegeses

The Nature of Commentaries

Ideal Rulership

Personal Self-Cultivation

Original Nonbeing

Western Ascension

Mystical Attainment

Chapter 8: Later Developments

Twofold Mystery

Imperial Attention

Song Huizong

Internal Alchemy

Daode jing Readings

Clarity and Stillness

The Qingjing jing

PART III: MODERN RECEPTION

Chapter 9: China Today

Religious Veneration

Academic Study

Intellectual Engagement

Politics and Education

Ecology

Cognitive Therapy

Self-Help

Chapter 10: In the World

Eastern Transmission

Early Western Reception

Seeing Dao

Philosophical Adaptation

Popular Understanding

Multiple Readings

Chapter 11: English Translations

Types of Translations

Literal Translations

Historical Scholarship

Philosophical Readings

Poetic Versions

Social Applications

Self-Help Manuals

Whimsical Renditions

Chapter 12: Western Adaptations

Daoist Leadership

Doing Business

Ecology

The Tao of . . .

Literary Allegories

Songs of Dao

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780190689827
ISBN-10:	019068982X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kohn
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press, USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	210 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Kohn
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.11.2019
Gewicht:	0,353 kg