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Author | : Harold David Roth |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0231115644 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780231115643 |
Rating | : 4/5 (643 Downloads) |
Download or read book ?? written by Harold David Roth and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a translation and commentary to the oldest known extant Taoist text, Inward Training (Nei-yeh), which is composed of short poetic verses devoted to the practice of breath meditation and its resultant insights about human nature and the cosmos. Roth argues that Inward Training is the basis of early Taoism, and suggests that there may be more continuity between early philosophical Taoism and later Taoist religion than scholars have thought.