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Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism » (1st Edition)
Authors: Harold D. Roth
ISBN-13: 9780231115650, ISBN-10: 0231115652
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: October 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Harold D. Roth
Harold D. Roth is professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at Brown University. He is the author of The Textual History of the Huai-Nan Tzu.
Book Synopsis
Revolutionizing received opinion of Taoism's origins in light of historic new discoveries, Harold D. Roth has uncovered China's oldest mystical text — the original expression of Taoist philosophy — and presents it here with a complete translation and commentary.
Table of Contents
| A textual revolution | 1 | |
| "Textual archaeology" | 2 | |
| A "mystical hermeneutic" | 3 | |
| The significance of Inward training | 4 | |
| Beyond "Lao-Chuang" | 5 | |
| Ch. 1 | The text of Inward training | 11 |
| The literary genre of Inward training | 12 | |
| The nature and filiation of the Kuan Tzu collection | 18 | |
| The formation of the Kuan Tzu collection | 20 | |
| The dating and authorship of Inward training | 23 | |
| A Confucian Inward training? | 30 | |
| Ch. 2 | A critical edition and translation of Inward training | 35 |
| The critical edition of Inward training | 35 | |
| Technical terminology | 41 | |
| Translation of Inward training | 45 | |
| Ch. 3 | The teachings of Inward training | 99 |
| A thematic overview of Inward training | 99 | |
| The philosophical foundations of Inward training | 101 | |
| The practice of inner cultivation in Inward training | 109 | |
| Ch. 4 | Inward training in the context of early Taoist mysticism | 125 |
| What is mysticism? | 127 | |
| The mysticism of Inward training | 134 | |
| Inward training and the Lao Tzu | 144 | |
| Inward training and the Chuang Tzu | 153 | |
| The stages of meditation in inner cultivation practice | 161 | |
| Inner cultivation and physical hygiene | 168 | |
| Ch. 5 | Inward training in the context of early Taoism | 173 |
| Towards a definition of early Taoism | 174 | |
| Inward training and early Taoism | 198 |
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