Wiley | Decoding Dao: Reading The Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) And The Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) (2014 EN)

Author: Lee Dian Rainey
Full Title: Decoding Dao: Reading The Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching) And The Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1st edition (December 16, 2013)
Year: 2014
ISBN-13: 9781118465677 (978-1-118-46567-7), 9781118465752 (978-1-118-46575-2), 9781118465745 (978-1-118-46574-5)
ISBN-10: 1118465679, 111846575X, 1118465741
Pages: 272
Language: English
Genre: Religious Studies
File type: PDF (True, but nonnative Cover)
Quality: 9/10
Price: 70.70 €


Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes.

✓ Offers a detailed introduction to the core texts in Daoist philosophy, the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi, two of the most widely read – and most challenging – texts in China’s long literary history
✓ Covers the three main ways the texts can be read: as religious, mystical, and philosophical works
✓ Explores their historical context, origins, authorship, and the reasons these seminal texts came into being, along with the key terms and approaches they take
✓ Examines the core philosophical arguments made in the texts, as well as the many ways in which they have been interpreted, both in China itself and in the West
✓ Provides readers with an unrivalled insight into the multifaceted philosophy of Daoism – and the principles underlying much of Chinese culture – informed by the very latest academic scholarship

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