Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2016
Abstract
In a short essay written in 1924, Yang Shuda 楊樹達 called attention to the sig-nificant growth of “Laozi learning" (Laoxue 老學) during the Han period (206B.C. - A.D. 220).1 On the basis of biographical and bibliographical references inthe early dynastic histories especially, Yang identified some fi 仿 Han figures ashaving contributed to this development. The Laozi itself, according to one tradi-tion, was accorded the status of a “classic" (Jing經) during the reign of emperorJing 景(1 56-141 B.C.).2 While this claim is still open to debate , there is littledisagreement 血 at the title Daojng gained currency by the end of the FormerHan dynasty (A.D. 8).3 Since that time ，的 is well known, hundreds of commentaries have appeared, all seeking to bring ou叫t the “full" meaning of theof the Way and Virtue."
Discipline
Asian Studies | Philosophy
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publication
Monumenta Serica
Volume
46
Issue
1998
First Page
105
Last Page
127
ISSN
0254-9948
Identifier
10.1080/02549948.1998.11731313
Publisher
Routledge
Citation
CHAN, Alan Kam Leung.
The essential meaning of the Way and Virtue: Yan Zun and “Laozi learning” in early Han China. (2016). Monumenta Serica. 46, (1998), 105-127.
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http://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.1998.11731313