Reading the Dao by Keping Wang

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Reading the Dao by Keping Wang

The Dao De Jing represents one of the most important works of Chinese philosophy, in which the author, Lao Zi (c 580-500 BC), lays the foundations of Taoism. Presenting comprehensive textual analysis of key passages and a survey of Taoist scholarship, this book provides the reader with an insight into the origins of Taoist philosophy.
.. a comprehensive overview of Laozi's Daoism for anyone unfamiliar with the DDJ and Daoism. It is clearly written, thematically formulated, and supplemented with helpful commentaries... [the English translation] is lucid and clear while following the poetic spirit of the original text, which makes the book delightful to read. -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Wang (Beijing International Studies Univ. China) has written a significant translation and commentary on Daodejin... Overall, he offers an immensely enjoyable, scholarly reading experience of the Daodejing. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. -- CHOICE
Wang Keping is a Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Professor of Philosophy at Beijing International Studies University, China. His previous publications include The Classic of the Dao (Foreign Languages Press, 1998) and Ethos of Chinese Culture (Foreign Languages Press, 2007). He has also contributed articles to a number of edited collections, including Contemporary Chinese Philosophy edited by Chung-Ying Cheng and Nicholas Bunnin (Blackwell, 2002), The Challenges of Globalization edited by Steven Hicks and Daniel Shannon (Blackwell, 2007) and The Pursuit of Comparative Aesthetics edited by Mashar Hussain and Robert Wilkinson (Ashgate, 2006).
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ISBN 13 9781441196514
ISBN 10 144119651X
Title Reading the Dao
Author Keping Wang
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Continuum Publishing Corporation
Year published 2011-01-20
Number of pages 200
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