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About the Master Lao Tzu and His Teachings:
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Taoism: History and Canon
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The Taoist Canon: A Guide to Studies and Reference Works
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[Fabrizio Pregadio’s scholarly guide provides useful information about the canon, its categories, and individual texts. The version of the Guide that is linked requires no Chinese language skills. If you are skilled in reading characters and have your browser set to represent them properly via Big5, you can select an alternative version of the files once you have connected to Dr. Pregadio’s Chinese and Asian Studies site.] |
Taoism: Images, Books, and Bibliographies
Background: Chinese History and Culture
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Calabash Gate: In a Calabash, a Chinese Myth of Origins
www.fengshuigate.com/calabash/index.html
[An introduction and translation by Stephen L. Field of Trinity University. Requires patient attention.] |
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Classical Historiography for Chinese History
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/elman/ClassBib/
[An extensive set of resources, some of them for advanced students, provided by Professor Benjamin A. Elman at the University of California at Los Angeles.] |
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Condensed China
http://asterius.com/china/
[Chinese History for Beginners, provided by Paul Frankenstein, is not a complete history of China, but is an very useful “greatest hits” or “Cliff’s Notes” that is an excellent starting-point for the beginner or quick review for the old hand who happens to be forgetful. The information is divided into the following sections for easy access: Introduction, The Origins of Chinese Civilization, The Early Empire, The Second Empire, The Birth of Modern China, and Bibliography.] |
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Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/easta...asiasbook.html
[A large set of linked resources on China, its cultures and religions, in the context of its geographical setting.] |
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Sacred Texts:
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SACRED TEXTS : http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/index.htm |
CONTRIBUTORS: Judith Grote (2001) Donaldo Osorio(2001) |
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