Table of Contents:.- Acknowledgment.- Introduction: Daodejing as Contemporary World Philosophy.- Part 1. Textual and Historical Issues.- 1. Excavated Manuscripts of the Laozi.- 2.
From Bamboo Slips to Received Versions: Common Features in the Transformation of the Laozi.- 3. Revisiting the Date of Daodejing in Light of the Guodian Manuscript.- 4. Western Translations of the Daodejing.- Part 2. Key Concepts and Ideas.- 1.
Dao- in the Daodejing.- 6. Acting Naturally: A Case Study of Applied Wuwei ç¡çº.- 7. De å¾-in the Daodejing.- 8. Tian 天 in the Laozi.- 9ï¼Prioritizing the Shengren :人 in the Laozi.
- 10. Cosmic and Human Agency in the Daodejing.- 11. The Notion of Wu ç¡ or Nonbeing as the Root of the Universe and a Guide for Life in the Daodejing.- 12. The Philosophical Concept of Peace: Thinking through the Laozi&s Daoist Thought.- 13. Yi ä¸ in the Daodejing.
- Part 3. Daodejing and Related Texts.- 14. The Yin Method: Strategic Leadership in Sunzi&s Art of Warfare in View of the Laozi&s Art of Governance.- 15. The Daodejing and the Lüshi Chunqiu: Huang-Lao Cosmic and Political Order.- 16. The Laozi and HAN Feizi through the Lens of the "Jie Lao".
- 17. The Origins of the Legend of Master Wen: The Relation Between the Laozi and the Wenzi.- 18. "LIEZI Said": Interpretations on the Daodejing&s Unwinding Thread of Dao.- Part 4. Influential Commentaries to the Daodejing.- 19. Undying Chaos: YAN Zun&s Purport of the Laozi and the Guiding Points of His Thought.
- 20. The Heshang Gong Companion to the Laozi.- 21. The Innovation of Daoist Hermeneutics for Daoist Philosophy: An Analysis of WANG Bi&s Interpretation of the Laozi.- 22. Monarchical Interpretations of the Laozi: Four Emperors& Commentaries.- Part 5. Intellectual and Religious Interactions with the Daodejing.
- 23. The Daodejing in Daoist Practice.- 24. The Daodejing&s Philosophy of Alignment: Interpreting Heshang Gong.- 25. A Philosophical Defense of Wang Fuzhi&s Harsh Critique of Laozi,- Part 6. Logical and Linguistic Approaches to the Daodejing.- 26.
A Logical Perspective on Dao in the Daodejing.- 27. Dao Pursuit, Language Engagement, Semantic-Truth Approach.- 28. Metaphors in the Laozi.- 29. Silence and Rhetorical Questions in the Daodejing.- Part 7.
Modern Perspectives on the Daodejing.- 30. Wuwei and Ziran: The Daodejing and Environmental Philosophy.- 31. Reconsidering the Feminine: Insights from the Daodejing.- 32. The Daodejing and Political Philosophy.- 33.
Convergence of the Daodejing and Thoreau&s Political Writing in Nineteenth Century America.- Part 8. Comparative Studies of the Daodejing.- 34. The Virtuous Person and the Sage: The Nicomachean Ethics and the Laozi as Virtue Ethics.- 35. The Centaur and the Dragon: Flexibility, Emptiness, and Survival in the Daodejing and the Philosophy of Machiavelli.- 36.
Laozi&s and Hegel&s Political Thoughts: A Comparison.- 37. Life in Digitigrade: A Cautionary Tale about Human Hubris and Cosmic Humility.- 38. Overcoming the Heideggerian Laozi: Revisiting Heidegger and the Daodejing.- 39. All-Embracing: A Laozian Version of Toleration.- 40.
"Great Authority" in the Daodejing as Framed by Hannah Arendt.- 41. Levinas and the Daodejing: On the Primordiality of the Feminine/Ci é.