02139nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10438504 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100503s2011 nyu sb 001 0 eng d 2010018295 9781441186119 1441186115 9781441196514 (pbk.) 144119651X (pbk.) 9781441196644 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)703255288 BL1900.L35 W333 2011eb 299.5/1482 22 Wang, Keping, 1955- Reading the Dao [electronic resource] : a thematic inquiry / Keping Wang. New York : Continuum, 2011. xiii, 182 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. The essence of the Dao -- The features of the Dao -- The movement of the Dao -- The Dao and the myriad things -- The Dao of Heaven and the Dao of human -- From the Dao into the De -- The qualities of the De -- On have-substance and have-no-substance -- On take-action and take-no-action -- On pleasure-snobbery and acquisitiveness -- On the hard and the soft -- On the beautiful and the ugly -- On beauty, truth, and goodness -- On modesty and retreat -- On knowledge and wisdom -- On fortune and misfortune -- On life and death -- On the merits of contentment -- On the possibilities of achievement -- On the art of leadership -- On warfare -- On peace -- On returning to antiquity -- On the ideal society -- The attitude to the Dao and the De -- The experience of the Dao and the De -- The praxis of the Dao and the De -- The attainment of the Dao and the De -- Appendix : the Dao de jing of Laozi. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Laozi. Dao de jing. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10438504 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 133320 133320