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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
Historical Introduction | p. 1 |
Historical Context | p. 1 |
The Nature and Applications of the Daodejing | p. 2 |
Philosophical Introduction: Correlative Cosmology - An Interpretive Context | p. 11 |
Optimizing Experience: This Focus and Its Field | p. 11 |
Daoist Cosmology: An Interpretive Context | p. 13 |
Getting the Most Out of One's Ingredients | p. 21 |
Appreciating the Particular | p. 24 |
The Mutual Entailing of Opposites | p. 27 |
Aesthetic Harmony | p. 29 |
Awareness | p. 33 |
The Wu [actual symbol not reproducible]-Forms | p. 36 |
The Wu [actual symbol not reproducible]-Forms as "Habit-forming" | p. 48 |
Glossary of Key Terms | p. 55 |
Introduction to the Translation | p. 73 |
Translation and Commentary | p. 77 |
The Great One Gives Birth to the Waters | p. 225 |
Thematic Index | p. 233 |
Bibliography of Works Cited | p. 237 |
About the Authors | p. 242 |
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