The Classic of the Way and Virtue: A New Translation of the Tao-Te Ching of Laozi As Interpreted by Wang Bi - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0231105819 ISBN 13: 9780231105811

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

The essential Taoist book and one of a triad that make up the most influential religious and philosophical writings of Chinese tradition, theTao-te Ching is the subject of hundreds of new interpretive studies each year. As Taoism emerges as one of the East Asian philosophies most interesting to Westerners, an accessible new edition of this great work--written for English-language readers, yet rendered with an eye toward Chinese understanding--has been much needed by scholars and general readers.

Richard John Lynn, whose recent translation of theI Ching was hailed by theTimes Literary Supplement as "the best I Ching that has so far appeared," presents here another fine translation. Like hisI Ching, this volume includes the interpretive commentary of the third-century scholar Wang Bi (226-249), who wrote the first and most sophisticated commentary on theTao-te Ching.

Lynn's introduction explores the centrality of Wang's commentaries in Chinese thought, the position of theTao-te Ching in East Asian tradition, Wang's short but brilliant life, and the era in which he lived. The text consists of eighty-one short, aphoristic sections presenting a complete view of how the sage rules in accordance with the spontaneous ways of the natural world. Although the Tao-te Ching was originally designed to provide advice to the ruler, the Chinese regard its teachings as living and self-cultivation tools applicable to anyone. Wang Bi's commentaries, following each statement, flesh out the text so that it speaks to the modern Western reader as it has to Asians for more than seventeen centuries.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard John Lynn is professor of Chinese thought and literature at the University of Toronto. He is the author or translator of five books, including TheClassic of Changes: A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi. (Columbia)

Product Description:

Book by Wang Bi Laozi

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0231105819
• ISBN 13: 9780231105811
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256