[PDF.50ym] Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China

Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China

[PDF.ae49] Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China

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 | #5697954 in Books |  1995-05-15 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.75 x6.50 x1.00l, | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| interesting read|By Hai-Tzu|good perspectives mocking the Taoist way and comparing the old dynasties veiwpoints on Buddhist and Taoist teachings. And which would hold sway over the empire. Some chapters have some bizarre occurances also| |"This book is an important new addition to the growing study of Taoist thought in medieval China. Livia Kohn's intriguing book shows her sophisticated knowledge and linguistic skills in reappraising original texts of medieval Chinese religious thought."--

In the early centuries after the introduction of Buddhism to China, the new religion had to come to terms with the worldview of the Confucian elite, the inherent Chinese sense of ethnic superiority, and China's indigenous higher religion of Taoism. The Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Tao) is an important document of the debates among Buddhists and Taoists, debates that contributed to the process of cultural adaptation. Written by the Taoist renegade Zhen Lu...

You easily download any file type for your device.Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China   |  Livia Kohn. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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