A Chinese reading of the Daodejing [[electronic resource] ] : Wang Bi's commentary on the Laozi with critical text and translation / / Rudolf G. Wagner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827251903321
• Autore: Wagner Rudolf G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-7914-8958-2; 1-4175-3740-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (540 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
• Altri autori (Persone): Laozi; WangBi <226-249.>
• Disciplina: 299/.51482
• Soggetti: Taoism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-512) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Wang Bi Recension of the Laozi -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROBLEM -- WANG BI'S ORIGINAL RECENSION OF THE LAOZI -- SUPERIMPOSITION -- THE DIVISION INTO ZHANG AND PIAN -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A: Differences between Wang Bi Laozi Receptus and Laozi Text Used in Wang Bi Commentary -- APPENDIX B: Differences between Wang Bi Laozi Receptus and Places Where Fan Yingyuan's Laozi Daode jing guben jizhu Comments That Wang Bi's Manuscript Coincided with the "Old Manuscript[s]" -- 2. Patronage and the Transmission of the Wang Bi Commentary: Foundations for a Critical Edition -- THE PROBLEM -- A HISTORY OF WANG BI'S COMMENTARY ON THE LAOZI: THE EVIDENCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3. Wang Bi: "The Structure of the Laozi's Subtle Pointers," Laozi weizhi lüeli, a Philological Study and Translation Together with the Text -- INTRODUCTION -- THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE LAOZI WEIZHI LÜELI (LZWZLL) -- WANG BI'S LZWZLL AND THE TRANSMITTED TEXT -- The Genre of the LZWZLL -- THE LAOZI'S STRUCTURE ACCORDING TO THE LZWZLL -- THE BASIS FOR THE EDITION OF THE TEXT -- WANG BI: THE STRUCTURE OF THE LAOZI'S POINTERS -- 4. A Reconstruction and Critical Edition of the Laozi Text Used by Wang Bi -- a Reconstruction and Critical Edition of Wang Bi's ; Commentary on the Laozi -- an Extrapolative Translation of the Laozi through Wang Bi's Commentary -- and a Translation of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi -- A NOTE ON THE EDITION -- A NOTE ON EXTRAPOLATIVE TRANSLATION -- A NOTE ON PREVIOUS TRANSLATIONS -- WANG BI, COMMENTARY ON THE LAOZI -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.