The Myth Of Wu Tao Tzu

Author : Sven Lindqvist
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1847085865
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu written by Sven Lindqvist and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese artist Wu Tao-tzu was one day standing looking at a mural he had just completed. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and the temple gate opened. He went into his work and the gates closed behind him.' Thus begins Sven Lindqvist's profound meditation on art and its relationship with life, first published in 1967, and a classic in his home country - it has never been out of print. As a young man, Sven Lindqvist was fascinated by the myth of Wu Tao-tzu, and by the possibility of entering a work of art and making it a way of life. He was drawn to artists and writers who shared this vision, especially Hermann Hesse, in his novel Glass Bead Game. Partly inspired by Hesse's work, Lindqvist lived in China for two years, learning classical calligraphy from a master teacher. There he was drawn deeper into the idea of a life of artistic perfectionism and retreat from the world. But when he left China for India and then Afghanistan, and saw the grotesque effects of poverty and extreme inequality, Lindqvist suffered a crisis of confidence and started to question his ideas about complete immersion in art at the expense of a proper engagement with life. The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu takes us on a fascinating journey through a young man's moral awakening and his grappling with profound questions of aesthetics. It contains the bracing moral anger, and poetic, intensely atmospheric travel writing Lindqvist's readers have come to love.

Author : Karl Erik Lagerlöf
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816608768
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Swedish Prose in Translation written by Karl Erik Lagerlöf and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Swedish Prose in Translation was first published in 1979. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. These excerpts from Swedish prose works - mostly novels - reflect major shifts in mood and style in the 25 years since 1950. Editor Karl Erik Lagerlof traces cultural and political developments in Sweden from the post-World War II era, when writers felt themselves in a world devoid of political meaning and rejected realism as a literary mode, down to the intensely political years of the Vietnam era. The selections in this anthology range from the anti-ideological works of the postwar years to recent documentary methods influenced by Marxism, structuralism, and a renewed political consciousness.

Author : N. J. Girardot
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520064607
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism written by N. J. Girardot and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism examines some of the earliest texts associated with the Daoist tradition (primarily the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Huainanzi) from the outlook of the comparative history of religions and finds a kind of thematic and soteriological unity rooted in the mythological symbolism of hundun, the primal chaos being and principle that is foundational for the philosophy and practice of the Dao as creatio continua in cosmic, social, and individual life. Dedicated to the proposition that ancient Chinese texts and traditions are often best understood from a broad interdisciplinary and interpretive perspective, this work when it was written challenged many prevailing conceptions of the Daode jing and Zhuangzi as primarily philosophical texts without any religious significance or affinity with the later sectarian traditions. While controversial and at times playfully provocative, the methodology and findings of this book are still important for the ongoing scholarship about Daoism in China and the world.

Author : Laozi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tao Te Ching written by Laozi and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laozi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei written by Laozi and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9789175031590
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myten om Wu Tao-tzu written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Demi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416912061
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching written by Demi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the teachings of Lao Tzu, the philosopher believed to be the inspiring force behind the seminal Taoist work, through a collection of eighty-one inspirational passages that speak to the balance of earth and heaven.

Author : Livia Kohn
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791436004
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching written by Livia Kohn and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-03-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the traditional and modern Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching, and its author, Lao-tzu.

Author : Stacey Pierson
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888139835
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Object to Concept written by Stacey Pierson and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ming porcelain is widely regarded among the world's finest cultural treasures. From ordinary household items patiently refined for imperial use, porcelain became a dynamic force in domestic consumption in China and a valuable commodity in export trade. In the modern era, it has reached unprecedented heights in art auctions and other avenues of global commerce. This book examines the impact of consumption on the evolution of porcelain and its transformation into a foreign cultural icon. The book begins with an examination of ways in which porcelain was appreciated in Ming China, followed by a discussion of encounters with Ming porcelain in several global regions including Europe and the Americas. The book also looks at the invention of the phrase and concept of 'the Ming vase' in English-speaking cultures and concludes with a history of the transformation of Ming porcelain into works of art.

Author : Lao Tzu
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1532404778
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tao Te Ching written by Lao Tzu and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ePub Copyright © 2017 Classic Book Series