01880nam a2200337Ia 4500 ebr10054137 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 000612s2000 enk sb 001 0 eng d 0203132343 0415206200 (pbk.) 0415206197 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)48138023 BL1900 .T36 2000eb 299.514 21 Clarke, J. J. (John James), 1937- The Tao of the West [electronic resource] : Western transformations of Taoist thought / J.J. Clarke. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. xii, 270 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Preface -- 1. 'The way that can be told': introduction -- 2. 'The meaning is not the meaning': on the nature of Daoism -- 3. 'Cramped scholars': Western interpretations of Daoism -- 4. 'The Great Clod': Daoist natural philosophy -- 5. 'Going ramblin without destination': moral explorations -- 6. 'The transformation of things': the alchemy of life, sex and health -- 7. 'The Way is incommunicable': transcendence -- 8. 'The twitter of birds': philosophical themes -- 9. 'Journey to the West': by way of concluding -- Appendix I: Chinese dynastic chronology -- Appendix II. Wade-Giles/Pinyin conversion table -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English. Taoism. East and West. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10054137 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 64636 64636