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  1. Daoism excavated
    cosmos and humanity in early manuscripts
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Three Pines Press, St. Petersburg, FL

    Hengxian: stages of cosmic unfolding -- Taiyi shengshui: textual structure and conceptual layers -- Fanwu liuxing: from oneness to multiplicity -- Huangdi sijing: governing through oneness -- Laozi: "Dao models itself" -- Laozi: "a great vessel" --... more

    Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät, Bibliothek
    RW Dc c 15
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    N 660
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    Hengxian: stages of cosmic unfolding -- Taiyi shengshui: textual structure and conceptual layers -- Fanwu liuxing: from oneness to multiplicity -- Huangdi sijing: governing through oneness -- Laozi: "Dao models itself" -- Laozi: "a great vessel" -- Han Laozi: variants and new readings

     

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  2. Te-tao ching
    a new translation based on the recently discovered ma-wang-tui texts
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1989
    Publisher:  Ballantine Books, New York

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
    84.951.72
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    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Bibliothekszentrum Geisteswissenschaften (BzG)
    02/CI 9321 L298
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    Contributor: Laozi; Henricks, Robert G. (Übers.)
    Language: English; Chinese
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0345347900
    RVK Categories: BE 8241 ; CI 9321
    Edition: 1. ed., 2. [Dr.]
    Series: Classics of ancient China
    Subjects: Englisch; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: XXXI, 282 S.
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    Literaturverz. S. 277 - 282

  3. The way of water and sprouts of virtue
    Author: Allan, Sarah
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  State Univ. of New York Press, Albany, NY

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
    86.342.98
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0791433854
    RVK Categories: CI 9110
    Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
    Subjects: Philosophie; Wasser <Motiv>; Weg <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing; Mengzi (v372-v289): Mengzi
    Scope: XIV, 181 S., Ill.
  4. The Tâo teh king
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1977
    Publisher:  Clarendon Press, Oxford

    Universität Mainz, Bereichsbibliothek Katholische Theologie und Evangelische Theologie
    Xa 1501/N-39
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    Contributor: Zhuangzi; Laozi
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    RVK Categories: CI 9324 ; BE 8241 ; CI 9320
    Edition: Repr.
    Series: The sacred books of China / transl. by James Legge. The texts of tâoism ; 1
    The sacred books of the East ; 39
    Subjects: Taoismus; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: XXII, 396 S.
  5. The simple way
    a new translation of the Tao-teh-king
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1905
    Publisher:  Wellby, London

    Bibliothek Religionswissenschaft
    566 27
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    Contributor: Laozi; Old, Walter Gorn (Übers.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    RVK Categories: CI 9324 ; BE 8241 ; CI 9320
    Edition: popular ed.
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: IX, 186 S.
  6. The Taoteh King
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1899
    Publisher:  Shanghai Mercury, Shanghai

    Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek
    085 8 2018/00369
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    Contributor: Laozi; Kingsmill, Thomas W. (Übers.); Faber, Ernst
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    RVK Categories: CI 9324 ; BE 8241 ; CI 9320
    Edition: [Sonderdr.]
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: 19 S.
    Notes:

    Enth. außerdem: Historical characteristics of Taoism / Ernst Faber

  7. The sayings of Lao Tzŭ
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1911
    Publisher:  Murray, London

    Bibliothek Religionswissenschaft
    566 29
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    Contributor: Laozi; Giles, Lionel (Übers.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    RVK Categories: CI 9324 ; BE 8241 ; CI 9320
    Edition: repr.
    Series: Wisdom of the East Series
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: 53 S.
  8. The Tao-Teh-King
    sayings of Lao-Tzu
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1972
    Publisher:  The Theosophical Publ. House, Wheaton, Ill. [u.a.]

    Bibliothek Religionswissenschaft
    566 39
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    Contributor: Laozi; Medhurst, C. Spurgeon (Übers.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0835604306
    RVK Categories: CI 9324 ; BE 8241 ; CI 9320
    Edition: Repr., rev. ed.
    Series: Quest books
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: 165 S.
  9. The way of life
    according to Laotzu
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1972
    Publisher:  Lyrebird Press, London

    Bibliothek Religionswissenschaft
    566 41
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    Contributor: Bynner, Witter (Übersetzer)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    RVK Categories: CI 9324 ; BE 8241 ; CI 9320
    Edition: Reprint.
    Series: Editions poetry London ; 2
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: 99 Seiten
  10. Comparative readings of poems portraying symbolic images of creative genius
    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Teixeira de Pascoaes, Rainer Maria Rilke, John Donne, John of the Cross, Edward Young, Lao Tzu, William Wordsworth, Walt Whitman
    Author: Ceia, Carlos
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  Mellen, Lewiston [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Zentralbibliothek (ZB)
    13.184.54
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  11. The way of water and sprouts of virtue
    Author: Allan, Sarah
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  State University of New York Press, Albany ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0585054851; 9780585054858
    RVK Categories: CI 9110
    Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
    Subjects: Philosophie; Wasser <Motiv>; Weg <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing; Mengzi (v372-v289): Mengzi
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 181 pages), Illustrations
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and indexes

  12. The Tâo teh king
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1988
    Publisher:  Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Bibliothek Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften (BSKW)
    83/Sin/JCD 40812/5
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    Contributor: Zhuangzi; Laozi
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 8120801407
    RVK Categories: BE 8241 ; CI 9320 ; CI 9324
    Edition: Repr.
    Series: The sacred books of China / transl. by James Legge. The texts of tâoism ; 1
    The sacred books of the East ; 39
    Subjects: Englisch; Taoismus; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: XXII, 396 S.
  13. The Tâo teh king
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1891
    Publisher:  Clarendon Press, Oxford

    Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Bibliothek
    Vbg Ak III 339
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    Universitätsbibliothek J. C. Senckenberg, Bibliothek Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften (BSKW)
    83/Sin 4000, Bd. 1
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    Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek
    003 BE 1660 K45 -39
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    Bibliothek Religionswissenschaft
    160 1 Bd.39
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    Contributor: Zhuangzi; Laozi
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    RVK Categories: BE 8241 ; CI 9320 ; CI 9324
    Series: The sacred books of China / transl. by James Legge. The texts of tâoism ; 1
    The sacred books of the East ; 39
    Subjects: Taoismus; Englisch; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: XXII, 396 S.
  14. A Chinese reading of the Daodejing
    Wang Bi's commentary on the Laozi with critical text and translation
    Published: c2003
    Publisher:  State University of New York Press, Albany

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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780791451816; 9780791489581; 079145181X; 0791451828
    Subjects: Taoism; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi: Dao de jing; Wang, Bi (226-249); Wang, Bi (226-249): Laozi-weizhi-lilüe; Wang, Bi (226-249): Laozi-Daodejing-zhu
    Scope: viii, 531 p
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-512) and index

  15. Tao te ching (Daodejing)
    the tao and the power
    Author: Laozi
    Published: [2018]
    Publisher:  Viking, New York

    "The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Way," is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the "Way": harmony... more

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    "The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Way," is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the "Way": harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher who was a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three great religions of ancient China. As one of the world's great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining enlightenment and self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life. This new translation seeks to understand the Tao Te Ching as a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The Tao Te Ching's eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Specially commissioned calligraphy for more than two hundred Chinese characters illustrates the book's essential themes"--

     

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    Contributor: Minford, John
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780670024988
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing; Taoism; Taoist philosophy; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism; PHILOSOPHY / Taoist; RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist); Taoism; Taoist philosophy; Nonfiction
    Scope: xxxix, 326 Seiten, 24 cm
    Notes:

    Introduction -- Suggestions for further reading -- Tao te Ching -- A Taoist florilegium: gleanings of the Tao

  16. Lao Zi: Dao de jing
    (Chinese - English)
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  [Selbstverl.], Meiringen

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Language: English; Chinese
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9783033042018
    Subjects: Englisch; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: 454 S., Ill.
    Notes:

    Text engl. und chinesich

  17. The Dao of translation
    an East-West dialogue
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Routledge, London [u.a.]

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781138846562
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series: Routledge advances in translation studies ; 8
    Subjects: Translating and interpreting; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Saussure, Ferdinand de (1857-1913); Peirce, Charles S. (1839-1914); Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: XIV, 242 S.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  18. The Tao te ching of Lao Tzu
    Author: Laozi
    Published: July 2019
    Publisher:  St. Martin's Essentials, New York

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Contributor: Walker, Brian
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781250209061
    Edition: First St. Martin's Essentials edition
    Series: Essential wisdom library
    Subjects: Englisch; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing; Spiritual life / Taoism; Taoism; Spiritual life / Taoism; Taoism
    Scope: 81 Seiten, 21 cm
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    Originally published in the United States by St. Martin's Griffin

  19. A Chinese reading of the Daodejing
    Wang Bi's commentary on the Laozi with critical text and translation
    Published: 2003
    Publisher:  State University of New York Press, Albany

    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Language: English; Chinese
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 079145181X; 0791451828
    RVK Categories: CI 9323
    Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
    Subjects: Chinese filosofie; Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi: Dao de jing; Wang, Bi <226-249>; Wang, Bi (226-249): Laozi-weizhi-lilüe; Wang, Bi (226-249): Laozi-Daodejing-zhu
    Scope: VIII, 531 S.
    Notes:

    Teilw. in chines. Schr. - Includes bibliographical references and index

  20. Lao-tzu's Taoteching
    with selected commentaries of the past 2,000 years
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, Wash.

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Red Pine
    Language: English; Chinese
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781556592904
    RVK Categories: BE 8241
    Edition: Rev. 3. ed.
    Subjects: Englisch; Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: XXIV, 182 S., Ill., Kt.
  21. Tolstoy and China
    Author: Bodde, Derk
    Published: 1950
    Publisher:  Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton

    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptbibliothek
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    RVK Categories: KI 6121
    Series: History of ideas series ; 4
    Subjects: Philosophie
    Other subjects: Tolstoy, Leo <graf, 1828-1910>; Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.); Tolstoj, Lev Nikolaevič (1828-1910)
    Scope: V, 110 S.
    Notes:

    Kopie, erschienen im Verl. University Microfilms, London

  22. Daoism excavated
    cosmos and humanity in early manuscripts
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Three Pines Press, St. Petersburg, FL

    Hengxian: stages of cosmic unfolding -- Taiyi shengshui: textual structure and conceptual layers -- Fanwu liuxing: from oneness to multiplicity -- Huangdi sijing: governing through oneness -- Laozi: "Dao models itself" -- Laozi: "a great vessel" --... more

    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster, Zentralbibliothek
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    Hengxian: stages of cosmic unfolding -- Taiyi shengshui: textual structure and conceptual layers -- Fanwu liuxing: from oneness to multiplicity -- Huangdi sijing: governing through oneness -- Laozi: "Dao models itself" -- Laozi: "a great vessel" -- Han Laozi: variants and new readings

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781931483629; 1931483620
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Series: Contemporary Chinese scholarship in Daoist studies
    Subjects: Taoism / Sacred books; Taoist literature, Chinese / History and criticism; Taoism / History / To 221 B.C / China; Philosophy of nature / History / To 221 B.C / China; Cosmology / History / To 1500; Manuscripts, Chinese / China / Jingmen Shi
    Other subjects: Laozi
    Scope: VI, 212 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  23. Tao te ching
    a new translation
    Author: Laozi
    Published: 1976
    Publisher:  Wildwood House, London

    Bibliothek Religionswissenschaft
    566 40
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    Contributor: Laozi; Feng, Gia-fu (Übers.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 0704500078
    RVK Categories: CI 9324
    Edition: Repr.
    Subjects: Übersetzung; Englisch
    Other subjects: Laozi (Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: ungez. S.
  24. The Daodejing of Laozi
    Author: Laozi; Laozi
    Published: 2001
    Publisher:  Seven Bridges Press, New York

    Universitätsbibliothek Trier
    KCP.LAO/od27077
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    Contributor: Ivanhoe, Philip J. (Übers.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 1889119709; 1889119822
    Subjects: Übersetzung
    Other subjects: Laozi. / Dao de jing; Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing
    Scope: xxxii, 125 p.
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    Publisher description: A Daoist classic that has had a profound influence on Chinese thought, the Laozi or Daodejing, evolved into its present form sometime around the third century B.C.E. and continues to enjoy great popularity throughout East Asia and beyond. Philip J. Ivanhoes lucid and philosophically-minded interpretation and commentary offer fresh insights into this classic work. In the substantial introduction and numerous notes, Ivanhoe draws attention to the issues at play in the text, often relating them to contemporary philosophical discussions and directing the reader to related passages within the Daodejing and to other works of the period. The Language Appendix, unique to this edition, offers eight translations of the opening passage by well-known and influential scholars and explains, line-by-line, how each might have reached his particular interpretation.

    Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-118) and index

    Inhalt: Preface, p. IX. Notes on Paintings and Calligraphy, p. XI. Introduction, p. XV. Book One (Chapters 1-37), p. 1. Book Two (Chapters 38-81), p. 41. Notes to Translation, p. 85. Language Appendix, p. 101. Works Cited, p. 115. Selected Bibliography, p. 117. Index, p. 119.

  25. After Confucius
    studies in early Chinese philosophy
    Published: c2005
    Publisher:  University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu

    Universität Bonn, Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften, Bibliothek
    181.11 G619 A258 2005
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    Institut für Sinologie und Ostasienkunde der Universität, Bibliothek
    N 522
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    Universitätsbibliothek Trier
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 0824828429
    Subjects: Philosophy, Chinese; Philosophy, Chinese; Politische Philosophie; Rhetorik; Übersetzung; Englisch; Rezeption; Eigennutz; Philosophie
    Other subjects: Ban, Zhao (ca. ca. 49- ca. 120); Han, Fei (ca. v280 - v233): Hanfeizi; Xunzi (ca. v340/298 - v245/230): Xunzi; Laozi (ca. Ende v4./Anfang 3. Jh.): Dao de jing; Li, Si (-v208)
    Scope: x, 266 p., 24 cm
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    Publisher's description: After Confucius is a collection of eight studies of Chinese philosophy from the time of Confucius to the formation of the empire in the second and third centuries B.C.E. As detailed in a masterful introduction, each essay serves as a concrete example of "thick description"--an approach invented by philosopher Gilbert Ryle--which aims to reveal the logic that informs an observable exchange among members of a community or society. To grasp the significance of such exchanges, it is necessary to investigate the networks of meaning on which they rely. Paul R. Goldin argues that the character of ancient Chinese philosophy can be appreciated only if we recognize the cultural codes underlying the circulation of ideas in that world. Thick description is the best preliminary method to determine how Chinese thinkers conceived of their own enterprise. Who were the ancient Chinese philosophers? What was their intended audience? What were they arguing about? How did they respond to earlier thinkers, and to each other? Why did those in power wish to hear from them, and what did they claim to offer in return for patronage? Goldin addresses these questions as he looks at several topics, including rhetorical conventions of Chinese philosophical literature; the value of recently excavated manuscripts for the interpretation of the more familiar, received literature; and the duty of translators to convey the world of concerns of the original texts. Each of the cases investigated in this wide-ranging volume exemplifies the central conviction behind Goldin's plea for thick description: We do not do justice to classical Chinese philosophy unless we engage squarely the complex and ancient culture that engendered it.

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-259) and index

    Inhalt: Acknowledgements -- Introduction : toward a thick description of Chinese philosophy -- 1. The reception of the Odes in the warring states era -- 2. Xunzi in the light of the Guodian manuscripts -- 3. Han Fei's doctrine of self-interest -- 4. Li Si, chancellor of the universe -- 5. Rhetoric and machination in "Stratagems of the warring states" -- 6. Insidious syncretism in the political philosophy of Huainanzi -- 7. Ban Zhao in her time and in ours -- 8. Those who don't know speak : translations of Laozi by people who do not know Chinese -- App. References to the Odes in pre-imperial texts, arranged by Mao number -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index