The Way And Its Power; A Study Of The Tao Tê Ching.

Laozi.

The Way And Its Power; A Study Of The Tao Tê Ching. - 1 online resource (186 pages)

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- The Hedonists -- Quietism -- Taoism -- The Language Crisis -- The Realists -- The Mystic Basis of Realism -- The 'Tao Tê Ching' -- The Shêng -- The Literary Methods of the Book -- The Author -- APPENDIX I-Authorship in Early China, and the Relation of the Lao Tan Legend to the 'Tao Tê Ching' -- APPENDIX II-Foreign Influence -- 1.-The Five Elements -- 2.-Yin and Yang -- 3.-Greek Influence on the Sophists -- APPENDIX III-Taoist Yoga -- APPENDIX IV-Date -- Text and Commentaries -- APPENDIX V-The Formation of Chinese Pre-history -- APPENDIX VI-Sources of Doubtful Date -- Kuan Tzŭ -- Lieh Tzŭ -- Han Fei Tzŭ -- Chan Kuo Ts'ê -- K'ung Tzŭ Chia Yü -- TRANSLATION OF TAO TÊ CHING -- ADDITIONAL NOTE ON INTRODUCTION -- ADDITIONAL NOTES ON TRANSLATION -- TEXTUAL NOTES.

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