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Lao Tzu - lou dzə, fl. 6th cent. b.c., Chinese philosopher, reputedly the founder of Taoism. It is uncertain that Lao Tzu [Ch.,=old person or old philosopher] is historical. His biography in Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Records of the Historian (1st cent. b.c.) says he was a contemporary of Confucius and served as curator of the dynastic archives until retiring to the mythical

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Lao-Tzu and the Tao-Te-Ching » Read Now
by Livia Kohn, Michael LaFargue. 330 pgs.

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The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation with Commentary (Chap. 1 "Date and Authorship of the Tao Te Ching") » Read Now
by Ellen M. Chen. 276 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Lao Tzu. Tao te ching. 2. Peace. i. Title...Name, Birthplace, and Occupation of Lao Tzu 6 Lao Tzus Meeting...10 Other Identities of Lao...
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The Way and Its Power: A Study of the Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought ("Authorship in Early China, and the Relation of the Lao Tan Legend to the 'Tao Te Ching'" begins on p. 101) » Read Now
by Arthur Waley. 266 pgs.

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...Translations by Arthur Waley THE TALE OF GENJI Part I of a Novel in Six Parts by Lady Murasaki Eighth Impression ii. The...
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Philosophers and Religious Leaders ("Lao-Tzu: Founder of Taoism, c. 570-490 B.C.E." begins on p. 113) » Read Now
by Christian D. von Dehsen. 248 pgs.

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How did Elijah Muhammad's establishment of the Nation of Islam affect the civil rights movement in the United States? Philosophers and Religious Leaders answers that question and others as it presents 200 leaders whose lives and work have greatly influenced the world we live in today. Profiles...
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How did Elijah Muhammad's establishment of the Nation of Islam affect the civil rights movement in the United States? Philosophers and Religious Leaders answers that question and others as it presents 200 leaders whose lives and work have greatly influenced the world we live in today. Profiles include: Muhammad Abduh--architect of Islamic modernism. Mary Daly-- influential feminist theologian and philosopher. Mary Baker Eddy--founder of Christian Science. Mencius (Meng K'o)--Confucian moral philosopher and interpreter. Shang Yang--Chinese philosopher of legalist school.
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Chinese Religions (Chap. 5 "Freedom and the Natural: Taoism as Religious Philosophy") » Read Now
by Julia Ching. 300 pgs.

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Linguistic Skepticism in the Lao-Tzu, in Philosophy East & West » Read Now
by Chad Hansen. 16 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Linguistic skepticism in the Lao Tzu Chad Hansen In a place and time...in the Tao Te Ching (the Lao Tzu ) coherent and insightful. THE...abandon, chi /self." Insofar as the...
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Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China ("Lao-Tzu's Taoism: The Art of Ruling by Spontaneity" begins on p. 215) » Read Now
by A. C. Graham. 508 pgs.

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Chinese Political Philosophy (1925) (Section II "Selections from Lao-Tzu's Canon of Reason and Virtue") » Read Now
by William S. A. Pott. 110 pgs.

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...which is ascribed to the philosopher Lao Tzu. I have selected those passages which...The inclusion of selections from Lao Tzu with those from the Confucian canon calls for...
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Striking a Balance: A Primer in Traditional Asian Values ("Taoist Foundations: The Lao-Tzu and the Chuang Tzu" begins on p. 147) » Read Now
by Michael Brannigan. 248 pgs.

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...STRIKING A BALANCE A Primer in Traditional Asian Values Michael Brannigan The Center for the Study of Ethics La Roche College SEVEN BRIDGES PRESS, LLC...
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The Chinese Mind: Essentials of Chinese Philosophy and Culture ("Early Taoism: Yang Chu and Lao-Tzu" begins on p. 38) » Read Now
by Charles A. Moore. 402 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...earliest philosophers -- Confucius, Lao Tzu, and their contemporaries -- are...Hence, the teachings of Confucius, Lao Tzu, and others are found in conversations...it is...
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Chinese Political Thought: A Study Based upon the Theories of the Principal Thinkers of the Chou Period (1927) ("Lao-Tzu" begins on p. 21) » Read Now
by Elbert Duncan Thomas. 322 pgs.

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Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China ("Stories of Lao-Tzu and Confucius" begins on p. 12) » Read Now
by Arthur Waley. 224 pgs.

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...Chuang Tzu, as also those between Lao Tzu, the Taoist, and Confucius, which...Tzu 3 Stories of Lao Tzu and Confucius 12...is his nature. Tsui Chu said to Lao Tzu, You say...
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China and the Chinese (Lecture V "Taoism") » Read Now
by Herbert Allen Giles. 229 pgs.

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...Confucianism stand the heterodox writings of the Taoist philosophers, the nominal founder of which school, known as Lao Tzu, flourished at an unknown date before Confucius...
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China: An Analysis (Chap. IV "Philosophical China") » Read Now
by Frank J. Goodnow. 279 pgs.

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...highest embodiment in the teachings of Lao Tzu, the "Venerable Philosopher," who...philosophical work attributed to Lao Tzu called the Tao Teh Ching or the...the "Logos" of...
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Deliverance: The Freeing of the Spirit in the Ancient World (Chap. II "China: Duty and Detachment") » Read Now
by Henry Osborn Taylor. 294 pgs.

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...in two remarkable personalities. Lao Tzu and Confucius were Chinese incarnations...So the views of Confucius and Lao Tzu show affinity as well as opposition...speak first...
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The Religious Thought of Chu Hsi ("Chu Hsi and Taoist Philosophy" begins on p. 153) » Read Now
by Julia Ching. 350 pgs.

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Recognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West primarily through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu. In this book, Julia Ching offers the first book-length examination of Chu Hsi's religious thought, based on extensive...
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Recognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West primarily through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu. In this book, Julia Ching offers the first book-length examination of Chu Hsi's religious thought, based on extensive reading of both primary and secondary sources. Ching begins by providing an introduction to Chu's twelfth-century intellectual context. She then examines Chu's natural philosophy, looking in particular at the ideas of the Great Ultimate and at spirits and deities and the rituals that honor them. Next, Ching considers Chu's interpretation of human nature and the emotions, highlighting the mystical thrust of the theoretical and practical teachings of spiritual cultivation and meditation. She discusses Chu's philosophical disputes with his contemporariesin particular Lu Chiu-yuanand examines his relationship to Buddhism and Taoism. In the final chapters, Ching looks at critiques of Chu during his lifetime and after and evaluates the relevance of his thinking in terms of contemporary needs and problems. This clearly written and highly accessible study also offers translations of some of Chu's most important philosophical poems, filling a major gap in the fields of both Chinese philosophy and religion.
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