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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Détails bibliographiques
Autres auteurs: Hendrischke, Barbara, 1940-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Chino
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (420 pages).
ISBN:9780520932920

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