What is Taoism: And Other Studies in Chinese Cultural History - Hardcover

Herrlee G. Creel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226120414 ISBN 13: 9780226120416

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1970

Synopsis

What Is Taoism? traces, in nontechnical language, the history of the development of this often baffling doctrine. Creel shows that there has not been one "Taoism," but at least three, in some respects incompatible and often antagonistic. In eight closely related papers, Creel explicates the widely used concepts he originally introduced of "contemplative Taoism," "purposive Taoism," and "Hsien Taoism." He also discusses Shen Pu-hai, a political philosopher of the fourth century B.C.; the curious interplay between Confucianism, Taoism, and "Legalism" in the second century B.C.; and the role of the horse in Chinese history.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0226120414
• ISBN 13: 9780226120416
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192