A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation

Many of the brightest Chinese minds have used the form of the commentary to open the terse...
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Author: Rudolf G. Wagner
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A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation by Wagner, Rudolf G.

A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation

CHF 75.43

A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation

CHF 75.43
Author: Rudolf G. Wagner
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Many of the brightest Chinese minds have used the form of the commentary to open the terse and poetic chapters of the Laozi to their readers and also to develop a philosophy of their own. None has been more sophisticated, philosophically probing, and influential in the endeavor than a young genius of the third century C.E., Wang Bi (226-249). In this book, Rudolf G. Wagner provides a full translation of the Laozi that extracts from Wang Bi's Commentary the manner in which he read the text, as well as a full translation of Wang Bi's Commentary and his essay on the subtle pointers of the Laozi. The result is a Chinese reading of the Laozi that will surprise and delight Western readers familiar with some of the many translations of the work.

A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing is part of Rudolf Wagner's trilogy on Wang Bi's philosophy and classical studies, which also includes The Craft of a Chinese Commentator: Wang Bi on the Laozi and Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China: Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue), both published by SUNY Press.

Author: Rudolf G. Wagner
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 10/23/2003
Pages: 540
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.44h x 5.88w x 1.12d
ISBN: 9780791451823

About the Author
Rudolf G. Wagner is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg.


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