An edition of Myth and meaning in early Daoism
(2008)
Myth and meaning in early Daoism
the theme of chaos (hundun)
1st Three Pines Press ed., [rev. ed.].
by N. J. Girardot
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Myth and meaning in early Daoism: the theme of chaos (hundun)
2008, Three Pines Press
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- 1st Three Pines Press ed., [rev. ed.].
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Table of Contents
Introduction: ordering chaos comparatively
Part One: Preliminary meanders
Soup, symbol, and salvation: the chaos theme in Chinese and Daoist tradition
Part Two: Textual analysis
"beginning and return" in the Daode Jing
Bored to death: the "arts of Mr. Hundun" in the Zhuangzi
Chaotic "order" and benevolent "disorder" in the Zhuangzi
Cosmogony and conception in the Huainanzi and Liezi
Part Three: Comparative analysis
Egg, gourd, and deluge: toward a typology of the chaos theme
Egg, gourd, and deluge: the mythological prototype of the chaos theme
Part Four: Concluding spirals
The order of chaos: symbolic aspects of Daoist mysticism
Conclusion: the conundrum of hundun
Appendix: related tales.
Edition Notes
Rev. ed. of: Myth and meaning in early Taoism. 1983.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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