Yellow Old Learning Theory Outline

Author: Ding Yuanming
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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: "Huanglao Studies," previously known as "Huanglao Learning" or "Huanglao Taoism." Since the discovery of four ancient lost texts—Jingfa, Shida Jing, Cheng, and Dao Yuan—in the Mawangdui Han tomb in Changsha in 1973, academia has begun to reassess and examine "Huanglao Studies." This book is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 serves as the general introduction to the entire book, focusing on revealing and explaining the emergence, connotations, and development of "Huanglao Studies," providing readers with a "summary." Chapters 2 to 5 are the specific discussions, which analyze the thoughts of the two "Huanglao Studies" in the southern and northern Warring States periods, the figures and works that spread "Huanglao Studies" during the Warring States period, and the figures and works of "Huanglao Studies" in the Qin and Han dynasties. It strives to reveal their internal logical connections and evolutionary relationships, thereby offering readers a "detailed outline" for understanding specific "Huanglao Studies" factions. Chapter 6 is the conclusion of the book, which presents the evaluation of "Huanglao Studies" as described by Yai Tong.