A Collated and Critical Study of the Xiang’er Commentaryto the Laozi (Collected Works of Jao Tsung-i, 5)

By Tsung I. Jao

This work is a translation of the Xiang'er commentary to the Daodejing and Jao Tsung-i's (1917-2018) supplemental notes and analysis. Jao Tsung-i offers a historically and hermeneutically rich study of the Xiang'er Commentary, discovered in the Mogao caves at Dunhuang in the final years of the Qing Dynasty, and its author Zhang Daoling. Opening a new and fascinating window into the early reception of the Daodejing, Jao Tsung-i also uncovers the important influence texts such as the Scripture of Great Peace (Taiping jing) had on Celestial Masters Daoism and the construction of the Xiang'er commentary.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004697756
• ISBN13: 9789004697751
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 318 Pages