Reading the Dao : a thematic inquiry /: a thematic inquiry. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keping Wang.
• Other Names: Wang, Keping, 1955-
• Contents: The essence of the Dao -- The features of the Dao -- The movement of the Dao -- The Dao and the myriad things -- The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of human -- From the Dao into the De -- The qualities of the De -- On have-substance and have-no-substance -- On take-action and take-no-action -- On pleasure-snobbery and acquisitiveness -- On the hard and the soft -- On the beautiful and the ugly -- On beauty, truth, and goodness -- On modesty and retreat -- On knowledge and wisdom -- On fortune and misfortune -- On life and death -- On the merits of contentment -- On the possibilities of achievement -- On the art of leadership -- On warfare -- On peace -- On returning to antiquity -- On the ideal society -- The attitude to the Dao and the De -- The experience of the Dao and the De -- The praxis of the Dao and the De -- The attainment of the Dao and the De -- Appendix : the Dao de jing of Laozi.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (182 pages)
• Subjects: 299.5/1482; RELIGION -- Taoism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441196644; 1441196641
• Related ISBNs: 9781441186119; 1441186115; 9781441196514; 144119651X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.