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The scripture on great peace : the Taiping jing and the beginnings of Daoism /
This first Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or ''Scripture on Great Peace, '' documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism's origins. Ba...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Chino |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Daoist classics ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This first Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or ''Scripture on Great Peace, '' documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism's origins. Barbara Hendrischke, a leading expert on the Taiping jing in the West, has spent twenty-five years on this magisterial translation, which includes notes that contextualize the scripture's political and religious significance. Virtually unknown to scholars until the 1970s, the Taiping jing raises the hope for salvation in a pra. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 410 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520932927 9780520932920 1281752452 9781281752451 9786611752453 6611752455 |