Religious and Philosophical Aspects of the Laozi

by Csikszentmihalyi, Mark; Ivanhoe, Philip J.

• ISBN13: 9780791441121
• ISBN10: 0791441121
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Leading scholars examine religious and philosophical dimensions of the Chinese classic known as the Daodejing or Laozi.

Author Biography

Mark Csikszentmihalyi is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Davidson College. Robert G. Henricks is Professor of Chinese Religions at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Philip J. Ivanhoe is an Associate Professor in the departments of Asian Languages and Cultures and Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Liu Xiaogan is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. Bryan W. Van Norden is an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department and Asian Studies Program at Vassar College. Isabelle Robinet is professor of Chinese History and Civilization at the University of Aix-Marseille. Harold D. Roth is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Brown University. Tateno Masami is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chinese Studies at Nihon University. Zhang Longxi is professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Riverside, and chair professor of Comparative Literature and Translation at the City University of Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Romanization Conversion Table	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Mysticism and Apophatic Discourse in the Laozi	p. 33
The Laozi in the Context of Early Daoist Mystical Praxis	p. 59
Qian Zhongshu on Philosophical and Mystical Paradoxes in the Laozi	p. 97
The Diverse Interpretations of the Laozi	p. 127
Re-exploring the Analogy of the Dao and the Field	p. 161
A Philosophical Analysis of the Laozi from an Ontological Perspective	p. 175
Method in the Madness of the Laozi	p. 187
An Inquiry into the Core Value of Laozi's Philosophy	p. 211
The Concept of de ("Virtue") in the Laozi	p. 239
Notes on Contributors	p. 259
Index to Laozi passages	p. 263
Name Index	p. 265
Subject Index	p. 271
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