The Scripture on Great Peace : The Taiping jing and the Beginnings of Daoism /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hendrischke, Barbara, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tai ping jing.
Philosophie chinoise.
Taoïsme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Taoism.
Philosophy, Chinese.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Taoism.
Taoism > Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (420 pages).
ISBN:9780520932920

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