Tao Te Ching
Title | Tao Te Ching PDF eBook |
Author | Laozi |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Dao De Jing
Title | Dao De Jing PDF eBook |
Author | Laozi |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2004-05-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780520242210 |
Dao De Jing was composed in China between the late sixth and late fourth centuries BC.
The Philosophy of the Daodejing
Title | The Philosophy of the Daodejing PDF eBook |
Author | Hans-Georg Moeller |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2006-05-02 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0231510101 |
For centuries, the ancient Chinese philosophical text the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) has fascinated and frustrated its readers. While it offers a wealth of rich philosophical insights concerning the cultivation of one's body and attaining one's proper place within nature and the cosmos, its teachings and structure can be enigmatic and obscure. Hans-Georg Moeller presents a clear and coherent description and analysis of this vaguely understood Chinese classic. He explores the recurring images and ideas that shape the work and offers a variety of useful approaches to understanding and appreciating this canonical text. Moeller expounds on the core philosophical issues addressed in the Daodejing, clarifying such crucial concepts as Yin and Yang and Dao and De. He explains its teachings on a variety of subjects, including sexuality, ethics, desire, cosmology, human nature, the emotions, time, death, and the death penalty. The Daodejing also offers a distinctive ideal of social order and political leadership and presents a philosophy of war and peace. An illuminating exploration, The Daodejing is an interesting foil to the philosophical outlook of Western humanism and contains surprising parallels between its teachings and nontraditional contemporary philosophies.
Daodejing
Title | Daodejing PDF eBook |
Author | Hans-Georg Moeller |
Publisher | Open Court |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2015-11-13 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0812699378 |
This translation presents Daoism’s basic text in highly readable contemporary English. Incorporating the latest scholarship in the field (including the most recent discoveries of ancient manuscripts in the 1970s and '90s), the book explains Daodejing's often cryptic verses in a clear and concise way. The introduction interprets the Daodejing's poetic imagery in the context of ancient Chinese symbolism, and a brief philosophical analysis accompanies each of the 81 translated chapters of the Daodejing.
A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing
Title | A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing PDF eBook |
Author | Rudolf G. Wagner |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 541 |
Release | 2003-10-23 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 079145181X |
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.
The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King)
Title | The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King) PDF eBook |
Author | Laozi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Philosophy, Chinese |
ISBN |
Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching
Title | Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching PDF eBook |
Author | Livia Kohn |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1998-03-19 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780791436004 |
Examines the traditional and modern Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching, and its author, Lao-tzu.