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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J J Clarke |
| ISBN: | 0415206197 9780415206198 0415206200 9780415206204 |
| OCLC Number: | 59565866 |
| Description: | xii, 270 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- 1. 'The way that can be told': introduction -- 2. 'The meaning is not the meaning': on the nature of Daoism -- 3. 'Cramped scholars': Western interpretations of Daoism -- 4. 'The Great Clod': Daoist natural philosophy -- 5. 'Going rambling without destination': moral explorations -- 6. 'The transformation of things': the alchemy of life, sex and health -- 7. 'The Way is incommunicable': transcendence -- 8. 'The twitter of birds': philosophical themes -- 9. 'Journey to the West': by way of concluding -- Appendix I: Chinese dynastic chronology -- Appendix II. Wade-Giles/Pinyin conversion table -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index. |
| Responsibility: | J.J. Clarke. |
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