Intro
Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Permissions
Introduction
Part I: Contemplative Foundations and Textual Methods
Part II: Contemplative Foundations and Philosophical Contexts
Part I: Contemplative Foundations and Textual Methods
Chapter 1 Psychology and Self-Cultivation in Early Daoistic Thought
The Guanzi Texts
"Neiye" ("Inward Training")
"Xinshu shang" (The Techniques of the Mind, Part I)
"Xinshu xia" (Techniques of the Mind, Part II)
The Huainanzi
Human Nature
The Physiological Basis of Human Experience
The Vital Essence

Concluding Remarks
Did a Syncretist Author Compile the Zhuangzi?
"Textual Shuffling" in the Syncretist Zhuangzi
The Zhuangzi at Huainan
The Date of Compilation of the Zhuangzi
Final Conclusions
Chapter 3 Redaction Criticism and the Early History of Daoism
Introduction
Some Hypotheses on the Early History of Daoism
Four Daoist Essays in the Guanzi
Linguistic Data for Comparative Dating
The Structure of "Xinshu xia"
Redaction Strategies and the Ideology of "Xinshu xia"
Redaction Strategies in the Borrowed Material
Ideological Emendations