Titlebook: Dao Companion to Daoist Philosophy; Xiaogan Liu Book 2015 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Spri

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2927-0Chinese cosmology; Chinese culture; Chinese philosophy; Comparative studies; Daoism philosophical tradit

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Did Daoism Have a Founder? Textual Issues of the ,’s dating, demonstrating the fallacy of their speculation, hypotheses, and argumentation. Comparing verse features of the . with the . and ., L. Xiaogan presents new statistical linguistic evidence that pertains to the possible dating of the classic, such as intensiveness of rhyming, mixed rhyming p

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Thematic Analyses of the ,ts that have seen as key to unravelling the text include Dao, de, wuwei, and ziran. Concerns that have read as key themes include mystical knowledge, political strategy, views on gender, and significance for science and ecology. These thematic concerns often arise out of implicit comparisons with ot

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Laozi’s Philosophy: Textual and Conceptual Analysesction), ., and the theory of transformational oppositions. Based on an analysis of these terms and theories, this chapter proposes the reconstruction of a possible system within the .’s philosophy as a methodological experiment. The author asserts that the statement “Dao models itself after .,” puts

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Zhuangzi’s Philosophy: A Three Dimensional Reconstructiontext-based orientation aims to approximate the construction of Zhuangzi’s thought by looking at internal evidence, rather than create a modern reconstruction. The first dimension is the mundane world of predicaments and inevitability (.), from which Zhuangzi wants to escape. The second is the kingdo