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Methods of Philosophic Critique Native to the Laozi

Religions, 2023
Lao-Zhuang thought and the Laozi in particular is frequently interpreted as providing a critique of the dominant social values of its time. In English language literature, this often entails utilizing thinkers from the Western tradition of philosophic ...
Daniel Sarafinas
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Ziran: Authenticity or Authority?

Religions, 2019
This essay explores the core Daoist concept of ziran (commonly translated as spontaneity, naturalness, or self-so) and its relationship to authenticity and authority. Modern scholarship has often followed the interpretation of Guo Xiang (d.
Misha Tadd
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Four Approaches to Daodejing Translations and Their Characteristics in Korean after Liberation from Japan

Religions, 2022
This article gathered and analyzed the Daodejing (DDJ) translations in Korean that appeared after the liberation from Japan and classified them into four perspectives: the perspective continuing Gyeonghak 經學 (Traditional Confucian exegetics), the ...
Heejung Seo-Reich
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What Is Global Laozegetics?: Origins, Contents, and Significance

Religions, 2022
Mainstream scholarship on the Laozi or Daodejing generally focuses on the “original” text and its “original” meaning. However, the Chinese study of Laoxue 老學 (translated here with the author’s neologism “Laozegetics”) offers a valuable alternative, as it
Misha Tadd
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The Translingual Ziran of Laozi Chapter 25: Global Laozegetics and Meaning Unbound by Language

Religions, 2022
Many scholars view translations of the Chinese classics as inevitably lacking fidelity to the “original,” asserting language difference as a fundamental impediment to cross-cultural understanding.
Misha Tadd
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Daodejing: The Language Of Variability

XXIV World Congress of Philosophy: Learning To Be Human, 13-20 August 2018, Beijing, China, 2018
The aim of the article is to discuss the term “dao” as it appears in the Daodejing. As many contemporary researchers point out, Dao could not be interpreted in terms of “One behind the many” metaphysics and substantive ontology. Daoism reveals the reality in terms of process, dynamic, fluidity and openness to ever-new possibilities.
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Ecological Implications of the Logic of Non-Duality

Asian Studies, 2023
This paper explores the relationship between language and reality and the ecological implications of dualism, categorical logic, and the Aristotelian three laws of logic, on humans’ attitude toward the natural world.
Ann A. Pang-White
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Deciphering Heidegger's Connection with theDaodejing [PDF]

Asian Philosophy, 2006
This paper carries out an intensive study of Heidegger's famous reflection on the word dao and of his citations from the Daodejing, with the purpose of elucidating his complex relation with Daoist thinking. First I examine whether dao could be said to be a guideword for Heidegger's path of thinking.
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The Practice of Rou 柔 from Wang Bi’s Perspective

Religions, 2023
This paper holds that Laozi’s philosophy on softness is a topic that remains to be fully discussed. By distinguishing between the meanings of softness and weakness, this paper discusses how Wang Bi semantically integrated the two, presenting them as ...
Limei Jiang
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Chinese Utopianism: A Historical Overview

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article surveys the historical development of Chinese utopianism and its relationship to broader debates in the field of utopian studies. While early scholarship often dismissed utopianism as a uniquely Western tradition, subsequent research has demonstrated that discourses related to the creation of an ideal society occupied a central ...
Ori Tavor
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