{"product_id":"the-old-master-a-syncretic-reading-of-the-laozi-from-the-mawangdui-text-a-onward-paperback","title":"The Old Master: A Syncretic Reading of the Laozi from the Mawangdui Text A Onward - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHongkyung Kim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique translation of and commentary on the Laozi, based on the oldest edition of the work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique, highly contextualized translation of the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the earliest known edition of the work, Text A of the Mawangdui \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e, written before 202 BCE. No other editions are comparable to this text in its antiquity. Hongkyung Kim also incorporates the recent archaeological discovery of \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e-related documents disentombed in 1993 in Guodian, seeing these documents as proto-materials for compilation of the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e and revealing clues for disentangling the work from complicated exegetical contentions. Kim makes extensive use of Chinese commentaries on the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e and also examines the classic Chinese texts closely associated with the formation of the work to illuminate the intellectual and historical context of Laozi's philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim offers several original and thought-provoking arguments on the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e, including that the work was compiled during the Qin, which has traditionally been viewed as typical of Legalist states, and that the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e should be recognized as a syncretic text before being labeled a Daoist one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHongkyung Kim \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of East Asian Thought and Religions at Stony Brook University, State University of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878601711923,"sku":"9781438440125","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/pIFiBG_-jF9781438440125.webp?v=1787199802","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-old-master-a-syncretic-reading-of-the-laozi-from-the-mawangdui-text-a-onward-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}