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The Laozi’s Ideal State: Nostalgia, Utopia, State of Nature
Religions, 2023 Among the various statements related to the political philosophy of the Laozi《老子》, Chapter 80 is distinguished by its particular depiction of what may be dubbed an ideal state.
Aleksandar Stamatov
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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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"The discourses of Laozi 『老子』 as strategies" [PDF]
, 2000 To Iook at the discourses in the text of Laozi, one can see that there is a strategy of persuasion in the first place. The text persuades readers to disorganize such received values, and to dismantle the received decoding system.
Hashimoto, Keiji
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老子的人生观 = Laozi, the life worth living = Laozi, la vida que vale la pena vivir
, 2022 老子认为“道”乃万物之源，而“善”与“道”有着千丝万缕的联系，具有神秘 主义色彩。本文试图回答如以下问题：人们如何过上与“善”相随的生活？为什么大多数人 没有过上这样的生活？哲学如何帮助人们成为最好的自己？在本文中，“道”“自然”“圣 人”“水”等概念都与“善”密切相关。“道”作为一切美好事物的源泉；“自然”作为规 律，当我们的行为遵循自然规律时，就能感知“道”的方式；“圣人”作为理想之人；“水” 则是老子对最高善的形象比喻。 The purpose of this paper is to
Parreño Piñol, Manuel
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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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Emotion‐Focused Therapy: A Perspective From Traditional Chinese Medicine
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 62, Issue 3, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT In clarifying that Spinoza is not the first person to share insights about the necessity of a contrary, strong emotion in transforming an emotion, the present article focuses on expounding this perspective as embedded in the classical texts of Chinese medicine, along with illustrative examples of emotion‐focused therapy in the historical case ...
Wan‐chi Wong
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The Space Within: How Architected Voids Promote Tissue Formation
Advanced Materials, Volume 38, Issue 7, 2 February 2026.This review explores the role of void spaces in tissue engineering scaffolds and examines four key methods for introducing porosity into hydrogels at different scales. It discusses sacrificial templating, microgels, phase separation, and 3D printing, highlighting principles, advantages, and limitations. It also addresses emerging strategies integrating
Anna Puiggalí‐Jou +3 more
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From Noncoercive Action to Shapelessness: On the Ontological Ground of Laozi’s Political Philosophy
Religions, 2022 The theoretical proposition that sages or ideal rulers wuwei 無為 (act noncoercively) to achieve ziran 自然 of people has been clearly identified as the key claim in the political field, as posed by Laozi. However, this proposition leaves two questions worth
Yiming Wang
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Nothing Rather than Something: A Zhuangzian Reappraisal of Nihilism
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 483-502, December 2025.ABSTRACT Nihilism comes from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.” It is the belief that nothing inherently governs existence: no values, principles, or ultimate meaning. Many philosophers treat this as an existential crisis: If there is no meaning to our lives and actions, why bother? This work challenges the assumption that nihilism is terrifying.
Christine Abigail L. Tan
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Laozi e l'antica sapienza taoista
, 2021 Analisi critica edizione scientifica Laozi e riflessioni teoretiche su rapporto uomo e ...
Francesco Tomatis
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