This book presents for the first time in English a complete translation of the Expository Commentary to the Daode jing written by the Daoist Cheng Xuanying in the 7th century CE. It includes a thorough introduction by the editor and translator that explores the origins of the commentary and its political and social context.
This book presents for the first time in English a complete translation of the Expository Commentary to the Daode jing written by the Daoist Cheng Xuanying in the 7th century CE. It includes a thorough introduction by the editor and translator that explores the origins of the commentary and its political and social context.
Friederike Assandri studied Classical Sinology, modern Sinology and Indology at the University of Heidelberg, and Chinese Philosophy at the Universtiy of Nanjing. She holds a PhD from the University of Heidelberg. She has lived for 10 years in China and currently lives in Berlin and holds a research position at the University of Leipzig. Her research focuses on the encounter of Buddhism with Chinese culture, intellectual history, and early medieval Daoism.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Cheng Xuanying - Biographical Data 2. Context: The Challenges of Being a Daoist in Early Tang Chang'an 3. Cheng Xuanying's Expository Commentary and "the Chinese Conquest of Buddhism" 4. Conventions of this Book Scroll 1 Preface 1. The Dao That Can Be Spoken of as Dao 2. All Under Heaven Know 3. Do Not Value the Wise 4. The Dao Is Empty 5. Heaven and Earth 6. The Valley Spirit 7. Heaven and Earth Are Long Enduring 8. The Highest Goodness 9. Holding It 10. Carry the Souls 11. Thirty Spokes 12. Five Colors 13. Favor and Disgrace 14. Looking at It 15. Of Ancient Times 16. Bringing Emptiness to the Limit 17. Taishang18. Great Dao 19. Abolish Sagehood 20. Abolish Learning 21. Great Virtue 22. Crooked, Therefore 23. Sparing in Words 24. He Who Stands on Tiptoe 25. There Is a Thing 26. Weightiness Is 27. Skillfully Acting 28. Knowing Masculinity 29. Those Who Wish 30. [One Who] Takes Dao 31. Fine Weapons 32. Dao Is Constant 33. He Who Knows Other Men 34. The Great Dao 35. The Great Image 36. If You Want to Contain Something 37. Dao Is Forever Without Intentional Action Scroll 2: The Classic of Virtue 38. Superior Virtue 39. Formerly 40. Returning 41. The Person of Highest Capacities 42. Dao Generates 43. Under Heaven 44. Fame or Your Self, Which Is Closer to You? 45. Great Accomplishment 46. When the World Has Dao
Introduction 1. Cheng Xuanying - Biographical Data 2. Context: The Challenges of Being a Daoist in Early Tang Chang'an 3. Cheng Xuanying's Expository Commentary and "the Chinese Conquest of Buddhism" 4. Conventions of this Book Scroll 1 Preface 1. The Dao That Can Be Spoken of as Dao 2. All Under Heaven Know 3. Do Not Value the Wise 4. The Dao Is Empty 5. Heaven and Earth 6. The Valley Spirit 7. Heaven and Earth Are Long Enduring 8. The Highest Goodness 9. Holding It 10. Carry the Souls 11. Thirty Spokes 12. Five Colors 13. Favor and Disgrace 14. Looking at It 15. Of Ancient Times 16. Bringing Emptiness to the Limit 17. Taishang18. Great Dao 19. Abolish Sagehood 20. Abolish Learning 21. Great Virtue 22. Crooked, Therefore 23. Sparing in Words 24. He Who Stands on Tiptoe 25. There Is a Thing 26. Weightiness Is 27. Skillfully Acting 28. Knowing Masculinity 29. Those Who Wish 30. [One Who] Takes Dao 31. Fine Weapons 32. Dao Is Constant 33. He Who Knows Other Men 34. The Great Dao 35. The Great Image 36. If You Want to Contain Something 37. Dao Is Forever Without Intentional Action Scroll 2: The Classic of Virtue 38. Superior Virtue 39. Formerly 40. Returning 41. The Person of Highest Capacities 42. Dao Generates 43. Under Heaven 44. Fame or Your Self, Which Is Closer to You? 45. Great Accomplishment 46. When the World Has Dao
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