Guo Xiang and the Problem of Self-Cultivation in Daoist Naturalism

Recent research on Daoism has distinguished various models of self-cultivation present in the tradition, in particular those which aim at returning humanity to a natural, spontaneous form of existence (often associated with early pre-Qin "philosophical" Daoism), and those which aim at tran...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Coles, Benjamin (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
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Further subjects:B Zhuangzi
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B Guo Xiang
B self-cultivation
B Naturalism
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