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Daoism: An Introduction

Daoism: An Introduction

Littlejohn, Ronnie L.

Paperback

Series: I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion

PhilosophyTaoism

ISBN10: 1845116399
ISBN13: 9781845116392
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: May 1 2009
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English

'The way that can be told is not the eternal Way; the name that can be named is not the eternal Name.' So begins the first verse of the mysterious Dao De Jing, foundation text of the ancient Chinese religion of Daoism. Often attributed to semi-mythical sage Laozi, the origins of this enigmatic document - which probably came into being in the third century BCE - are actually unknown. But the tenets of Daoism laid down in the Dao De Jing, and in later texts like the Yi Jing (or Book of Changes), continue to exert considerable fascination, particularly in the West, where in recent years they have been popularized by writers such as the novelist Ursula K LeGuin. In this fresh and engaging introduction to Daoism, Ronnie L Littlejohn discusses the central facets of a tradition which can sometimes seem as elusive as the slippery notion of 'Dao' itself. The author shows that fundamental to Daoism is the notion of 'Wu-wei', or non-action: a paradoxical idea emphasizing alignment of the self with the harmony of the universe, a universe in continual flux and change.

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