What Is Taoism? And Other Studies in Chinese Cultural History

Name: What Is Taoism? And Other Studies in Chinese Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780226120478

ISBN-10: 0226120473

ISBN-13: 9780226120478

Edition: 1982

Authors: Herrlee Glessner Creel

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What Is Taoism? traces, in nontechnical language, the history of the development of this often baffling doctrine. Creel shows that there has not been one "Taoism," but at least three, in some respects incompatible and often antagonistic. In eight closely related papers, Creel explicates the widely used concepts he originally introduced of "contemplative Taoism," "purposive Taoism," and "Hsien Taoism." He also discusses Shen Pu-hai, a political philosopher of the fourth century B.C.; the curious interplay between Confucianism, Taoism, and "Legalism" in the second century B.C.; and the role of the horse in Chinese history.

Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



What Is Taoism?



The Great Clod



On Two Aspects in Early Taoism



On the Origin ofWu-wei



The Meaning ofHsing-ming



TheFa-chia: ""Legalists"" or ""Administrators""?



The Beginnings of Bureaucracy in China: The Origin of theHsien



The Role of the Horse in Chinese History


Index