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" Taoism : "
Russell Kirkland ; foreword by Norman J. Girardot.
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1011420
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b765790
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| Main Entry
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Kirkland, Russell,1955-
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Taoism : : the enduring tradition /\ Russell Kirkland ; foreword by Norman J. Girardot.
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| Publication Statement
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New York ;London :: Routledge,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xxii, 282 pages)
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0203646711
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: 9780203646717
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: 9780415263221
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0415263212
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0415263220
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-270) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Understanding Taoism -- Realities, constructs, and hermeneutical challenges -- What "Taoism" is : fact, tradition, and self-identification -- The data-set of "Taoism" : a taxonomic approach -- 2. The classical legacy -- Taoism and "the hundred schools" -- The "useless words" of Chuang Chou -- Cultivating life's subtle forces : the Nei-yeh -- From "the elders" of Ch'u to the Chi-hsia academy : the Tao te ching -- What Taoists inherited from classical texts -- 3. The course of the Taoist tradition -- Wellsprings : the Han dynasty -- Southerly currents -- Northerly currents -- The high-water mark : the T'ang dynasty -- The damming of the Tao? -- Old currents, new channels -- Life in the tideways -- 4. The socio-political matrix of Taoism -- "Literati Taoism " -- Women in Taoism : data, interpretation, and issues -- Women in Taoist history -- Taoists and dynasts -- 5. The cultivate life -- Life, death, and "transcendence" -- "Cultivating reality" -- Conclusion.
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"Taoism: The Enduring Tradition offers fresh perspectives on a religious and cultural tradition which has unfolded since the fifth century as a form of integration into the unseen realities of life. Exploring Taoist voices in sacred texts and current scholarship, and showing how Taoism differs from, and overlaps with, other Chinese traditions such as Confucianism and Zen Buddhism, it examines Taoism's ancient classical roots, contemporary heritage, and role in Chinese daily life." "From Taoism's spiritual philosophy to its practical perspectives on life and death, self-cultivation, morality, society, leadership, and gender, Russell Kirkland brings to life the Taoist vision as expressed by followers through the centuries. Through attention to Taoism's key elements and examples from the lives of Taoist men and women, he reveals the real contexts of the Tao te ching and Chuang-tzu, and of Taoist understandings of life which still reverberate in modern practices such as feng-shui and t'ai-chi ch'uan. His guide to this long misrepresented tradition presents a new paradigm for understanding Taoism in the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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Taoism.
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RELIGION-- Taoism.
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Taoism.
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Taoïsme.
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| Dewey Classification
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299.5/14
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BL1920.K57 2004eb
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11.86bcl
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11.86.bcl
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