Book Notes x
Chronology xi
Section One: The Context
Chapter One The Social and Political Background- Confucianism-Mozi and Mohism (Moe-ds) and (Moe-ism)-Yang Zhu and Shen Dao (Ya-ahng, Jew)- Language and Logicians-Trends During the Warring States Era-Cultural Heroes and Concepts-Summary 3
Section Two: Authors and Texts
Chapter Two The Dao De Jing-Why Does the Dao De Jing/Tao Te Ching/Laozi/Lao Tzu Have So Many Names?- Dao De Jing, The Author-Dao De Jing, the Text-The Dao De Jing, the Style of the Text-The Dao De Jing in the West- The Zhuangzi, the Author-The Zhuangzi, the Text-The
Zhuangzi, the Style of the Text-The Zhuangzi in the West-Issues in Translation-Summary
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Chapter Three The Dao? A Dao? Dao? daos? dao?-Images: 49
Water, Women, Baby, Root, and Others-What Is the Problem?-Conventional Values: Pairs of Opposites- Being and Non-Being-Summary
Chapter Four Illogical Statements?-Decoding-Not Acting, Not Knowing, Not Desiring-Ziran, Self-So, Natural, Spontaneous-Language-Morality-Summary 70
Chapter Five War-Government, Society, and the Sage- Ruler-The Golden Age-Advice for Would-Be Sages-Losing dao-Summary 90
Chapter Six What Is the Problem?-Anti-Confucians- Anti-Mohists-Being Useless-Point of View-This and That-Knowing How-Knowing What-Summary 111
Chapter Seven Language: Convention and Culture-This/ That, True/False-Language Is OK, Up to a Point- How to Use Language-Clarity-Death- Transformation-Survival of Consciousness and an Afterlife-Immortality-Dao-Summary 132
Chapter Eight Public Life-The Golden Age-What Should We Do?-Mirror-Forgetting-Mind/Heart Fasting-Perfected People-The Relationship of the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi-Summary 156
Section Three: Developing Dao
Chapter Nine The School of Zhuangzi and Followers of the Dao De Jing-The Han Feizi-The Guanzi-Huang- Lao-The Huainanzi-The Liezi-The Han Dynasty and Beyond-Summary
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Chapter Ten Organized Daoism-The Search for Immortality-Organized Groups-The Cult of Laozi- Modern Organized Daoism-The Mystical Reading- The Philosophical Reading-Modern Daoism-Dao Lite-A Lao-Zhuang Daoist-What Is Daoism and Other Problems 202
Glossary of Technical Terms 232
Glossary of Pronunciation 235
Further Reading 237
Bibliography 239
Index 252
