Daoism Explained: From the Dream of the Butterfly to the Fishnet Allegory (Ideas Explained) - Softcover

Moeller, Hans-Georg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812695631 ISBN 13: 9780812695632

Publisher: Open Court, 2004

Synopsis

Hans-Georg Moeller has achieved the perfect blend with Daoism Explained. It is both a fascinating introduction on Daoist thought as well as an original and insightful contribution to Eastern philosophy. This book will take the place of The Tao of Pooh by Hoff. Like that book, Doaism Explained offers a comprehensive presentation of Daoist philosophy that is interesting and easy to follow. The study sheds new light on many Doaist allegories by showing how modern translations often concealed the original wit and humor of the Chinese original, or imposed alien philosophical frameworks on them. It attempts to take away the metaphysical and Christian disguises with which Daoist philosophy has been obscured by Western interpretations in the past 100 years.

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Review:

...clear, nontechnical languange, and this book should be helpful to anyone interested in Daoism and in Chinese thought. -- CHOICE, April 2005

This book should be helpful to anyone interesed in Daoism and Chinese thought. Recommended. -- CHOICE, April 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Open Court
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0812695631
• ISBN 13: 9780812695632
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160