| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
184 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in French under title: Le Lao-tseu suivi des Quatre Canons de l'empereur Jaune. Paris : Éditions Albin Michel, 2009. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Based on both the Mawangdui version of the Tao te ching and the recently discovered Guodian version, this book is the first to restore the Four canons of the Yellow Emperor to its rightful place alongside the Book of the Way. |
| Contents |
Introduction. The way and the law ; Taoist philosophy and the Tao te ching ; The one and the many: content and form of the Tao te ching ; The emptiness of the sovereign and the asceticism of the Yellow Emperor ; Notes on the translation from the Chinese -- Tao te ching: the book of the way and of virtue. The book of virtue ; The book of the way -- The four canons of the Yellow Emperor. On the law as principle ; The great canonical rules ; Aphorisms ; The original way. |
| Added Author |
Lévi, Jean.
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Gladding, Jody, 1955-
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| Added Title |
Dao de jing. English
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Huangdi si jing. English.
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| ISBN |
9781594773594 |
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1594773599 |
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