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University of California Press
- The Scripture on Great Peace: The Taiping jing and the Beginnings of Daoism
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- 2007
- Published by: University of California Press
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This first Western-language translation of one of the great books of the Daoist religious tradition, the Taiping jing, or "Scripture on Great Peace," documents early Chinese medieval thought and lays the groundwork for a more complete understanding of Daoism’s origins. Barbara Hendrischke, a leading expert on the Taiping jing in the West, has spent twenty-five years on this magisterial translation, which includes notes that contextualize the scripture’s political and religious significance.
Virtually unknown to scholars until the 1970s, the Taiping jing raises the hope for salvation in a practical manner by instructing men and women how to appease heaven and satisfy earth and thereby reverse the fate that thousands of years of human wrongdoing has brought about. The scripture stems from the beginnings of the Daoist religious movement, when ideas contained in the ancient Laoziwere spread with missionary fervor among the population at large. The Taiping jing demonstrates how early Chinese medieval thought arose from the breakdown of the old imperial order and replaced it with a vision of a new, more diverse and fair society that would integrate outsiders—in particular women and people of a non-Chinese background.
Virtually unknown to scholars until the 1970s, the Taiping jing raises the hope for salvation in a practical manner by instructing men and women how to appease heaven and satisfy earth and thereby reverse the fate that thousands of years of human wrongdoing has brought about. The scripture stems from the beginnings of the Daoist religious movement, when ideas contained in the ancient Laoziwere spread with missionary fervor among the population at large. The Taiping jing demonstrates how early Chinese medieval thought arose from the breakdown of the old imperial order and replaced it with a vision of a new, more diverse and fair society that would integrate outsiders—in particular women and people of a non-Chinese background.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Series Page, Copyright
- pp. ii-iv
- Conventions
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-66
- Section 42. One Man and Two Women
- pp. 95-104
- Section 51. The True Contract
- pp. 170-172
- Section 52. How to Work Hard to Do Good
- pp. 173-179
- Section 59. Big and Small Reproaches
- pp. 231-240
- Appendix: The Composition of the TPJ
- pp. 343-372
- Bibliography
- pp. 373-392
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520932920
Related ISBN(s)
9780520247888
MARC Record
OCLC
568026810
Pages
420
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No