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Livia Kohn Early Chinese Mysticism (Paperback). Covering the period from the Daode jing to the end of the Tang, Livia Kohn reveals an often misunderstood Chinese mystical tradition that continued through the ages. Author: Livia Kohn. Title: Early Chinese Mysticism. Further DetailsTitle: Early Chinese Mysticism Condition: New Description: Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture? This first integrated survey of the mystical dimension of Taoism disputes the commonly accepted idea of such a hiatus. Covering the period from the Daode jing to the end of the Tang, Livia Kohn reveals an often misunderstood Chinese mystical tradition that continued through the ages. Influenced by but ultimately independent of Buddhism, it took forms more various than the quietistic withdrawal of Laozi or the sudden enlightenment of the Chan Buddhists. On the basis of a new theoretical evaluation of mysticism, this study analyzes the relationship between philosophical and religious Taoism and between Buddhism and the native Chinese tradition. Kohn shows how the quietistic and socially oriented Daode jing was combined with the ecstatic and individualistic mysticism of the Zhuangzi, with immortality beliefs and practices, and with Buddhist insight meditation, mind analysis, and doctrines of karma and retribution.She goes on to demonstrate that Chinese mysticism, a complex synthesis by the late Six Dynasties, reached its zenith in the Tang, laying the foundations for later developments in the Song traditions of Inner Alchemy, Chan Buddhism, and Neo-Confucianism. Author: Livia Kohn EAN: 9780691020655 Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0691020655 ISBN: 9780691020655 Item Height: 229mm Item Length: 152mm Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Subtitle: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition Publisher: Princeton University Press Release Date: 11/12/1991 Item Weight: 340g Release Year: 1991 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
