8 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Jin dynasty Daoist master who synthesized Confucian ethics with Daoist alchemy in the Baopuzi, arguing that immortality is achievable through alchemical practices and moral cultivation.
Wei-Jin dynasty philosopher who edited the Zhuangzi to its current form and developed a Neo-Daoist (xuanxue) interpretation arguing that things spontaneously self-create (zihua) without being caused by anything else.
American scholar of Daoism who has argued for a contemplative core to classical Daoist texts and led the collaborative translation of the Huainanzi.
Han dynasty philosophical compendium compiled under the patronage of Liu An, Prince of Huainan — the most comprehensive synthesis of Daoist cosmology with Confucian, Legalist, and Yin-Yang thought in early China.
Han dynasty prince of Huainan who assembled a court of scholars to compile the Huainanzi — an eclectic synthesis of Daoist, Confucian, and Legalist thought organized around Daoist cosmological principles.
Contemporary Chinese-American scholar of classical Daoism who has written on Zhuangzi and the Daoist tradition, contributing to the Western academic study of early Chinese philosophy.
Wei dynasty philosopher who produced the authoritative commentary on the Laozi and an important commentary on the I Ching, developing the xuanxue (neo-Daoist) interpretation that Being (you) depends on Non-Being (wu) as its foundation.
Classical Chinese Daoist philosopher and literary genius who developed a radical perspectivism — all perspectives are equally limited and partial — and a philosophy of spontaneous non-action (wu wei) and natural transformation.