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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811487403321

Autore

Waley Arthur

Titolo

The way and its power : a study of the Tao Te Ching and its place in Chinese thought / / Arthur Waley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxfordshire : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-57728-9

1-136-57721-1

1-315-01896-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

China, history, philosophy, economics ; ; XXXVII

Disciplina

299.51482

Soggetti

Philosophy, Chinese

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1934.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Appendices: I. Authorship in Early China; II. Foreign Influence; III. Taoist Yoga; IV. Date;  Text and Commentaries; V. The Formation of Chinese Pre-history; VI. Sources of Doubtful Date; Translation of TAO TÊ CHING; Additional Notes; Textual Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1934.<BR><BR>Unlike previous translations, this translation of Lao Tzu's <EM>Tao Tê Ching</EM> is based not on the medieval commentaries but on a close study of the whole of early Chinese literature.