Philosophical Taoism
03 Oct 1994 12:03Connections to shamanism and alchemy; the odd, proto-scientific, proto-socialist interpretation of Joseph Needham; its degeneration into superstition; its ties to Legalism and proto-industrialists (e.g., Lü shih). Its practioners, especially Chuang Tzu.
- To read, primary sources:
- Stephen R. Bokenkamp (ed. and trans.), Early Daoist Scriptures
- Chang Po-tuan, Wu chen p'ien [translated as "Understanding Reality"]
- Huai Nan Tzu
- Lieh Tzu
- Lü shih ch'ung ch'iu = Master Lü's Spring and Autumn
- The Scripture on Great Peace: The Taiping jing and the Beginnings of Daoism (tr. Hendrischke)
- To read, secondary sources:
- Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Ancestors and Anxiety: Daoism and the Birth of Rebirth in China
- J. J. Clarke, The Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist Thought
- Kenneth Dean, Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China
- Vincent Goossaert, Heavenly Masters: Two Thousand Years of the Daoist State
- Chad Hansen, A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation
- Toshihiko Izutsu, Sufism and Taoism: A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical Concepts
- Livia Kohn, Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition
- Mark R. E. Meulenbeld, Demonic Warfare: Daoism, Territorial Networks, and the History of a Ming Novel
- Peter Nickerson, Taoism, Bureaucracy, and Popular Religion in Early Medieval China
- David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler, Dream Trippers: Global Daoism and the Predicament of Modern Spirituality
- Fabrizio Pregadio, Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China
