The Craft of a Chinese Commentator

副标题: Wang Bi on the Laozi (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

ISBN: 9780791443965

出版社: State University of New York Press

出版年: 2000-02

页数: 384

定价: USD 26.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

A systematic study of Wang Bi's (226-249) commentary on the Laozi, this book provides the first systematic study of a Chinese commentator's scholarly craft and introduces a highly sophisticated Chinese way of reading the Taoist classic, one that differs greatly from Western interpretations.

The Laozi has been translated into Western languages hundreds of times over the past two hundred years. It has become the book of Chinese philosophy most widely appreciated for its philosophical depth and lyrical form. Nevertheless, very little attention has been paid to the way in which this book was read in China. This book introduces the reader to a highly sophisticated Chinese way of reading this Taoist classic, a way that differs greatly from the many translations of the Laozi available in the West.