The Annotated Laozi - Paul Fischer

The Annotated Laozi

A New Translation of the Daodejing

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2023
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-9399-2 (ISBN)
89,95 inkl. MwSt
A clear translation and helpful explanations illuminate this ancient classic of self-cultivation for a modern audience.
Written more than two thousand years ago, the Laozi, or Daodejing, is a classic of Chinese intellectual history and has been of foundational importance to cultural and religious history throughout East Asia. It is now venerated as a masterpiece of self-cultivation, with a poetic narrative that remains accessible and relevant even today. Paul Fischer's new, annotated translation aims for fidelity to the original text as well as clarity for a modern audience. Fischer's notes and explanations bring out obscure meanings in ancient Chinese wording and rhetoric, elucidate the connections among the eighty-one short chapters, and clarify the coherence of the work as a whole. Carefully considering the various manuscripts that have been archaeologically uncovered in recent decades, as well as the variations among received versions of the Laozi, Fischer's translation discloses the beauty and meaning of the original. This book will benefit students and readers interested in intellectual history as well as those who want to explore what the text has to say about the meaning of life.

Paul Fischer is Professor of Asian Religions and Cultures at Western Kentucky University. He is the author of Self-Cultivation in Early China (also published by SUNY Press) and the translator and editor of Shizi: China's First Syncretist.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Key Concepts
Translator’s Note

The Annotated Laozi: Translation and Explanation

Appendix: The Chinese Text
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 227 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Östliche Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10 1-4384-9399-1 / 1438493991
ISBN-13 978-1-4384-9399-2 / 9781438493992
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