Publication Type
Book Review
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-1993
Abstract
Livia Kohn's book is a work of considerable scholarship. It offers much more than an analysis of an early Taoist scripture. Not only does it present a careful reading and translation of the Xisheng jing (Scripture of Western Ascension), but it also provides significant insights into the rela- tionship between "Philosophical Taoism" and "Religious Taoism," the nature and development of Taoist mystical philosophy, and the socio- political and intellectual context, the concrete "life-world," of Taoism in early medieval China.
Discipline
Asian Studies | Philosophy
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publication
Philosophy East and West
Volume
43
Issue
2
First Page
313
Last Page
321
ISSN
0031-8221
Identifier
10.2307/1399620
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Citation
CHAN, Alan Kam Leung.
Book review: Taoist mystical philosophy: The Scripture of Western Ascension by Livia Kohn. (1993). Philosophy East and West. 43, (2), 313-321.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/314
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.2307/1399620