This thesis is a study of the Laozi zhongjing, an early medieval Chinese text, preserved in the Daoist Canon (Daozang) in two versions. In the first chapter, I compare the extant versions, inquiring into the relationship between them, and then establish the interval for the text's possible dates of composition. In the second chapter, I argue that the text was deliberately written as an esoteric scripture and analyze the techniques which the text uses to create an atmosphere of secrecy; I then suggest that the best way to approach an esoteric scripture consists in scrutinizing the text in order to unravel its understanding of the categories which underlie its lifeworld. The third chapter is an investigation of the practices described in the ...
Scindé en deux textes distincts (DZ 456, Gongde qingzhong et DZ 417, Xiezui shangfa) dans le canon t...
In the past several decades, our understanding of the Laozi has been revolutionized by the discovery...
Early in the fifth century in China, the Taoist master began to edit a set of scriptures that had be...
This thesis is focused on the recently discovered archeological text called the Guodian Laozi (also ...
Kobayashi Masayoshi a proposé une théorie très suivie concernant le développement de la religion tao...
This thesis focuses on some of the philological problems encountered in the study of two Chinese man...
This dissertation is centered around a study of the Pao-tsang lun (Treasure Store Treatise), a Chine...
The thesis starts with a biographical study of Tao's life and religious experiences by regarding him...
Cheng Xuanying’s Expository Commentary to the Daode jing presents the Laozi as the origin of Daoism—...
grantor: University of TorontoThe 'Laozi' or 'Daodejing' is the foundational text of both ...
Recently we found 25 folios in Uighur of the the so-called “Abitaki” text in Beijing. The word “Abit...
The text deals with the concept of immortality in Daoist tradition according to some sources of anci...
In this thesis, I discuss a group of compositionally related “core” chapters within the Yi Zhou shu ...
The present work examines the Chinese Masters Text the Liezi, purported to be composed in the 5th ce...
The Taishō Canon edition of the Da fangdeng tuoluoni jing, the earliest dhāraṇī sūtra available in m...
Scindé en deux textes distincts (DZ 456, Gongde qingzhong et DZ 417, Xiezui shangfa) dans le canon t...
In the past several decades, our understanding of the Laozi has been revolutionized by the discovery...
Early in the fifth century in China, the Taoist master began to edit a set of scriptures that had be...
This thesis is focused on the recently discovered archeological text called the Guodian Laozi (also ...
Kobayashi Masayoshi a proposé une théorie très suivie concernant le développement de la religion tao...
This thesis focuses on some of the philological problems encountered in the study of two Chinese man...
This dissertation is centered around a study of the Pao-tsang lun (Treasure Store Treatise), a Chine...
The thesis starts with a biographical study of Tao's life and religious experiences by regarding him...
Cheng Xuanying’s Expository Commentary to the Daode jing presents the Laozi as the origin of Daoism—...
grantor: University of TorontoThe 'Laozi' or 'Daodejing' is the foundational text of both ...
Recently we found 25 folios in Uighur of the the so-called “Abitaki” text in Beijing. The word “Abit...
The text deals with the concept of immortality in Daoist tradition according to some sources of anci...
In this thesis, I discuss a group of compositionally related “core” chapters within the Yi Zhou shu ...
The present work examines the Chinese Masters Text the Liezi, purported to be composed in the 5th ce...
The Taishō Canon edition of the Da fangdeng tuoluoni jing, the earliest dhāraṇī sūtra available in m...
Scindé en deux textes distincts (DZ 456, Gongde qingzhong et DZ 417, Xiezui shangfa) dans le canon t...
In the past several decades, our understanding of the Laozi has been revolutionized by the discovery...
Early in the fifth century in China, the Taoist master began to edit a set of scriptures that had be...