Reading the Dao [[electronic resource] ] : a thematic inquiry / / Keping Wang
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| Autore: |
Wang Keping <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Reading the Dao [[electronic resource] ] : a thematic inquiry / / Keping Wang
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Continuum, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 299.5/1482 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The essence of the Dao -- The features of the Dao -- The movement of the Dao -- The Dao and the myriad things -- The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of human -- From the Dao into the De -- The qualities of the De -- On have-substance and have-no-substance -- On take-action and take-no-action -- On pleasure-snobbery and acquisitiveness -- On the hard and the soft -- On the beautiful and the ugly -- On beauty, truth, and goodness -- On modesty and retreat -- On knowledge and wisdom -- On fortune and misfortune -- On life and death -- On the merits of contentment -- On the possibilities of achievement -- On the art of leadership -- On warfare -- On peace -- On returning to antiquity -- On the ideal society -- The attitude to the Dao and the De -- The experience of the Dao and the De -- The praxis of the Dao and the De -- The attainment of the Dao and the De -- Appendix : the Dao de jing of Laozi. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Dao De Jing represents one of the most important works of Chinese philosophy, in which the author, Lao Zi (c. 580-500 BC), lays the foundations of Taoism. Composed of 81 short sections, the text itself is written in a poetic style that is ambiguous and challenging for the modern reader. Yet while its meaning may be obscure, the text displays the originality of Lao Zi's wisdom and remains a hugely influential work to this day. In Reading the Dao: A Thematic Inquiry , Wang Keping offers a clear and accessible guide to this hugely important text. Wang's thematic approach opens up key elements |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reading the Dao |
| ISBN: | 1-282-94808-3 |
| 9786612948084 | |
| 1-4411-9664-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460125103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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