| The Guodian Laozi: Proceedings of the International Conference, Dartmouth College, May 1998 Contributor(s): Allan, Sarah (Editor), Williams, Crispin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557290695 ISBN-13: 9781557290694 Publisher: Society for the Study of Early China OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 Annotation: The first major publication in English on the bamboo slips excavated from a late fourth century B.C. Chu-state tomb at Guodian, Hubei, in 1993. The slip texts include both Daoist and Confucian works, many previously unknown. Thie monograph is a full account of the international conference held on these texts, at which leading scholars from China, the United States, Europe, and Japan analyzed the Laozi materials and a previously unknown cosmological text. In addition, the contents include nine essays on topics such as the archaeological background of the discovery, conservation of the slip-texts, and the relation of the Guodian Laozi materials to the received Laozi text. An annotated edition of the Guodian Laozi materials and the cosmological text are included, as well as a critical bibliography with summary of Chinese scholarship on the Guodian texts in the year following the conference. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) |
| Dewey: 299.514 |
| LCCN: 00021567 |
| Series: Early China Special Monograph Series |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Taoism |