Draft Discussion on the History of Taoism - Guangming Academic Collection

Author: You Jianxi
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The "Guangming Academic Series" will uphold the traditional style of Guangming Daily as a "theoretical frontier, academic exploration, and knowledge-intensive" publication. It is meticulously organized, edited, and published, leveraging the promotional advantages of mainstream media like Guangming Daily to promote and popularize this national key book publishing project. It aims to establish itself as an authoritative academic book brand in the field of Chinese philosophy and social sciences. This is a project under the "11th Five-Year Plan" National Key Book Publishing Program. This volume is part of the "Guangming Academic Series" titled "Outlines on the History of Taoism and Taoist Philosophy," which primarily studies the famous scholars of Taoism in history, as well as different perspectives and authoritative discussions on Taoism and Taoist philosophy in academia; the interaction between Taoism and the state; the philosophical thought of Laozi and Zhuangzi on health preservation and the important cultivation classic "The Western Ascension Record"; the origins of Taoist internal alchemy; and the role of Taoism and Taoism in medicine and the development of writing. The book mainly introduces the origins of Taoism, discussions on Taoism and Taoist philosophy, the collaboration between Taoism and the state, debates on the health preservation philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, the relationship between Taoism and Taoism and medicine, and the study of Taoist industrial figures in the modern transformation of China.