Decoding Dao

Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist philosophy, providing readers with a user-friendly introduction that unravels the complexities of these seminal volumes. Offers a detailed introduction to the core texts in Daoist philosophy, the Dao De Jing and the Zhuangzi , two of the most widely read – and most challenging – texts in China’s long literary history Covers the three main ways the texts can be read: as religious, mysti