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Author:   Rudolf G. Wagner
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9780791451823

ISBN 10:   0791451828
Pages:   540
Publication Date:   23 October 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

"Preface Introduction 1. The Wang Bi Recension of the Laozi Introduction The Problem Wang Bi's Original Recension of the Laozi Superimposition The Division into zhang and pian Conclusion Appendix A: Differences between Wang Bi Laozi Receptus and Laozi Text Used in Wang Bi Commentary Appendix B: Differences between Wang Bi Laozi Receptus and Places Where Fan Yingyuan's Laozi Daode jing guben jizhu Comments That Wang Bi's Manuscript Coincided with the ""Old Manuscript[s]"" 2. Patronage and the Transmission of the Wang Bi Commentary: Foundations for a Critical Edition The Problem A History of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi: the Evidence Conclusions 3. Wang Bi: ""The Structure of the Laozi's Subtle Pointers,"" Laozi weizhi lueli, a Philological Study and Translation Together with the Text Introduction The Authenticity of the Laozi weizhi lueli (LZWLL) Wang Bi's LZWLL and the Transmitted Text The Genre of the LZWLL The Laozi's Structure according to the LZWLL The Basis for the Edition of the Text Wang Bi: The Structure of the Laozi's Pointers 4. A Reconstruction and Critical Edition of the Laozi Text Used by Wang Bi; a Reconstruction and Critical Edition of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi; an Extrapolative Translation of the Laozi through Wang Bi's Commentary; and a Translation of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi A Note on the Edition A Note on the Extrapolative Translation A Note on the Previous Translations Wang Bi, Commentary on the Laozi Notes Bibliography Index"

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I highly recommend this remarkable book and strongly encourage readers to do a critical reading themselves. - Xing Wen, Dao ...a painstaking effort ... that merits praise and serious attention. - Journal of Chinese Religions Perhaps the most meticulous and ambitious English-language 'philological study and translation' of a Chinese 'philosophical' text ever published. - Religious Studies Review I like this book's identification and solution of a critical problem in our understanding of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi, namely that the received text of the Laozi that has accompanied Wang Bi's Commentary for centuries is clearly not the version of the text that Wang Bi actually used. Given the tremendous influence that this important commentary has exerted for well over a millennium, the necessity of reconstructing the Laozi text that Wang Bi used is obvious. This book will provide a tremendous service to the field. - Joseph A. Adler, coauthor of Sung Dynasty Uses of the I Ching

"""I highly recommend this remarkable book and strongly encourage readers to do a critical reading themselves."" - Xing Wen, Dao ""...a painstaking effort ... that merits praise and serious attention."" - Journal of Chinese Religions ""Perhaps the most meticulous and ambitious English-language 'philological study and translation' of a Chinese 'philosophical' text ever published."" - Religious Studies Review ""I like this book's identification and solution of a critical problem in our understanding of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi, namely that the received text of the Laozi that has accompanied Wang Bi's Commentary for centuries is clearly not the version of the text that Wang Bi actually used. Given the tremendous influence that this important commentary has exerted for well over a millennium, the necessity of reconstructing the Laozi text that Wang Bi used is obvious. This book will provide a tremendous service to the field."" - Joseph A. Adler, coauthor of Sung Dynasty Uses of the I Ching"

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Rudolf G. Wagner is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg.

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