A new reading of Daoism, arguing that it originated in a particular textual tradition distinct from Confucianism and other philosophical traditions of early China.
Author(s): Thomas Michael
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 183
The Pristine Dao......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Note on the Texts......Page 12
1. Early Daoism and Metaphysics......Page 14
Before the World......Page 20
The Xicizhuan: An Alternative Cosmogony of the Confucian Tradition......Page 26
Abyssal Waters......Page 28
Placental Waters......Page 35
The Harmonious World......Page 46
Was There an Early Daoist Cosmology before the Laozi?......Page 48
The Hidden Sage Is Not a Public King......Page 53
Why Politics and Religion Don't Mix; or Do They?......Page 63
The World was Born, Not Made......Page 68
Sages Live the Adventure......Page 72
The Fractured World......Page 82
Splitting Binary Differences: The Ontological Vision of the Laozi......Page 84
Human Labor Gets a Turn: The Ontological Vision of the Qiwulun......Page 92
The Healed World......Page 108
The Neiye Describes the Body as Jing......Page 114
The Laozi Describes the Newborn Body......Page 121
The Zhuangzi Describes the Body as Heaven......Page 128
The Huainanzi Describes the Correlative Body......Page 141
6. Early Daoism and Modernity......Page 156
Notes......Page 164
Bibliography......Page 176
E......Page 180
L......Page 181
T......Page 182
Z......Page 183
