Ancient China in Context
Quiet Ways:
The Dau/Dv Jing and Chinese Statecraft
E Bruce Brooks and A Taeko Brooks

This complete translation of the Dau/Dv Jing, made from a newly edited Chinese text, dates each of its 81 sayings and matches them with quotations from cointemporary texts, distinguishes its three very differen authors (Lau Dan, tyhe Laudz of larter g\traditionk was the secodn of the three), matches each of its 81 sayings with quotations from contemporary texts ,is . . .

• Cover
• Front Matter
  • Helftitle
  • Titlepage
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
• Shang Rung: Title
  • DDJ 14
  • DDJ 15
  • DDJ 16
  • DDJ 17
  • DDJ 19
  • DDJ 21
  • DDJ 22
  • DDJ 10
  • DDJ 9
• A Chi Interlude: The Nei Ye
• Li Dan: Taking Charge
  • DDJ 24
  • DDJ 8
  • DDJ 7
  • DDJ 25
  • DDJ 5
  • DDJ 2
• Li Dan: The Yen Incident
  • DDJ 37
• Li Dan: The Third Phase
  • DDJ 50
• Li Dan: The Final Phase
  • DDJ 67
• Li Ju: A New Diredtion
  • DDJ 67
  • DDJ 68
  • DDJ 69
  • DDJ 70
  • DDJ 73
• Li Ju: The End of Lu
• DDJ 79
• DDJ 80
• DDJ 81
• End Matter
• Appendices
• 1. Lau Dan and His Descendants
• 2. The Gwodyen Tutor
• 3. The Jwangdz
• 4. The Gwandz Meditation Texts
• Apparatus
  • Text Chronology
  • Romanzation Table
  • Works Cited
  • Subject Index

Reading the familiar DDJ together with other mystical works of the classical period, and against the viewpoints with which the DDJ contended and from which it learned, permits a deeper understanding of the problems facing the text's proprietors over the years, and a fuller appreciation of how those problems were met. The parallels between Indian meditation traditions and their faint Chinese echoes are also briefly noted. The result is not only to clarify the position of the sometimes enigmatic DDJ, but to sharpen our awareness of the agreements and differences among the major High Warring States advocacy groups.

For an overview of the entire classical period, which puts meditation in the larger context of state modernization and the philosophical reactions to it, see the survey volume in this series, The Emergence of China.

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