Pristine DAO Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse

Name: Pristine DAO Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse
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ISBN: 9780791464762

ISBN-10: 0791464768

ISBN-13: 9780791464762

Edition: 2005

Authors: Thomas Michael

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

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 5/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 182
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on the Texts



Early Daoism and Metaphysics



Early Daoism and Cosmogony


Before the World


The Xicizhuan: An Alternative Cosmogony of the Confucian Tradition


Abyssal Waters


Placental Waters



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



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



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



Early Daoism and Modernity


Notes


Bibliography