RT Book
T1 The scripture on great peace: the Taiping jing and the beginnings of Daoism
T2 Daoist classics series
A2 Hendrischke, Barbara 1940-
LA English
PP Berkeley
PB University of Californiarnia Press
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1656248867
AB 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 pra
NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
CN BL1900.T22552
SN 0520932927
SN 9780520932920
SN 1281752452
SN 9781281752451
K1 Tai ping jing : Tai ping jing
K1 Tai ping jing
K1 Taoism : Early works to 1800
K1 Philosophy, Chinese
K1 Taoism
K1 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Spirituality ; Paganism & Neo-Paganism
K1 RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
K1 RELIGION ; Taoism
K1 Early works
K1 Electronic books
K1 Computer network resources : Early works : Electronic books