Michael The Pristine Dao

Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8317-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 182 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

A new reading of Daoism, arguing that it originated in a particular textual tradition distinct from Confucianism and other philosophical traditions of early China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michael, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Taoismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Note on the Texts
1. Early Daoism and Metaphysics

2. Early Daoism and Cosmogony
Before the World
The Xicizhuan: An Alternative Cosmogony of the Confucian Tradition
Abyssal Waters
Placental Waters
3. Early Daoism and Cosmology
The Harmonious World
Was There an Early Daoist Cosmology before the Laozi?
The Hidden Sage Is Not a Public King
Why Politics and Religion Don’t Mix; or Do They?
The World Was Born, Not Made
Sages Live the Adventure
4. Early Daoism and Ontology
The Fractured World
Splitting Binary Differences: The Ontological Vision of the Laozi
Human Labor Gets a Turn: The Ontological Vision of the Qiwulun
5. Early Daoism and Soteriology
The Healed World
The Neiye Describes the Body as Jing
The Laozi Describes the Newborn Body
The Zhuangzi Describes the Body as Heaven
The Huainanzi Describes the Correlative Body
6. Early Daoism and Modernity

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Michael is Assistant Professor of Religion at The George Washington University.