An Introduction to Daoist Thought

This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangziâs thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi a book in thirty-three chapters that is the most important collection of Daoist texts in early China. The author introduces a complex reading that shows the unity of Zhuangziâs thought in particular in his views of action language and ethics. By addressing methodological questions that arise in reading Zhuangzi a hermeneutics is developed which makes understanding Zhuangziâs religious thought possible. A theoretical contribution to comparative philosophy and the cross-cultural study of religious traditions the book serves as an introduction to Daoism for graduate students in religion philosophy and East Asian Studies. . Language: English