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Strangely, I always fail to read books by Chinese thinkers. Personally, rather than Confucius or Mencius, I was drawn to thinkers like Xunzi and Han Feizi—who felt somewhat unconventional and not aligned with the orthodox Confucianism introduced in Korea. I bought and tried reading their books, but I gave up after only a few pages. Recently, I was drawn to Laozi and wanted to read the Tao Te Ching; however, anticipating it wouldn't be easy, I decided to start with a book written in a more
Modern 65: *Lectures on Laozi*, by Yao Ganming, translated by Son Seong-ha, Kimyoungsa (2011, 6th printing), p. 447......(Reading Laozi 2) View full review: http://pinepark.blog.me/60192129468 Laozi's *Tao Te Ching* is more difficult to understand than the *Analects*, which is written in a question-and-answer format. This is because it is filled with paradoxical and ironic expressions, resembling the Dharma discourse of an eminent monk or the Zen dialogue of a Taoist sage. Since the meanings
Glimpsing the Great Thoughts and Wisdom of Lao Tzu. While talking with an acquaintance, I nodded in agreement, remarking that having lived life, I realized that the words of the ancient sages were never wrong. Things I never felt as a student, things I experience while going through the day, are things I only come to understand after going through them myself—the very things the elders of long ago always spoke of. Meeting people and dealing with the hardships of life were exhausting; whenever I
After reading *Lectures on Laozi*, one learns that Chinese thought was formed by the group of thinkers of the Hundred Schools of Thought who emerged during the chaotic era of the survival of the fittest in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The most representative of these are Confucianism, extending from Confucius to Mencius and Xunzi, and Taoism, extending from Laozi to Zhuangzi. It is no exaggeration to say that these two schools of thought exerted a tremendous influence on
Everyone knows Laozi, and everyone knows the Tao Te Ching. (I still remember mechanically memorizing "Laozi—Taoist thought—Tao Te Ching" during high school ethics class and taking the exam.) However, how many of them have actually read the Tao Te Ching properly? I, too, have tried to read masterpieces and classics whenever possible, but I was hesitant to reach for books of that "kind" (?), like the Tao Te Ching. I don't know exactly why, but I think I held the impression that it would be
Yao Ganming: Laozi's Lectures
*Lectures on Laozi* is a reading of the *Tao Te Ching* by Professor Yao Ganming, a world-renowned scholar of Laozi studies. This book compiles the lectures Professor Yao delivered on *Baijia Jiangtan*, a sensational cultural program produced by China's state-run broadcaster CCTV under the motto of "popularizing high-level knowledge." It explores the modern significance of Laozi's philosophy by freely traversing the realms of politics, economics, society, and culture across East and West, ancient and modern. It offers a fresh interpretation of Laozi's ecological philosophy—which sought the Way of Reality beyond the Tao of Non-Action and Naturalness—by comparing it to the lives of modern people. It interprets modern issues such as health, success, beauty, love, marriage, and divorce through the lens of Laozi and conveys maxims on conduct found in the *Tao Te Ching*.
Korean title: 노자강의
Korean author: 야오간밍
Korean publisher: 김영사
ISBN-13: 9788934938453
Reviews
Strangely, I always fail to read books by Chinese thinkers. Personally, rather than Confucius or Mencius, I was drawn to thinkers like Xunzi and Han Feizi—who felt somewhat unconventional and not aligned with the orthodox Confucianism introduced in Korea. I bought and tried reading their books, but I gave up after only a few pages. Recently, I was drawn to Laozi and wanted to read the Tao Te Ching; however, anticipating it wouldn't be easy, I decided to start with a book written in a more
Modern 65: *Lectures on Laozi*, by Yao Ganming, translated by Son Seong-ha, Kimyoungsa (2011, 6th printing), p. 447......(Reading Laozi 2) View full review: http://pinepark.blog.me/60192129468 Laozi's *Tao Te Ching* is more difficult to understand than the *Analects*, which is written in a question-and-answer format. This is because it is filled with paradoxical and ironic expressions, resembling the Dharma discourse of an eminent monk or the Zen dialogue of a Taoist sage. Since the meanings
Glimpsing the Great Thoughts and Wisdom of Lao Tzu. While talking with an acquaintance, I nodded in agreement, remarking that having lived life, I realized that the words of the ancient sages were never wrong. Things I never felt as a student, things I experience while going through the day, are things I only come to understand after going through them myself—the very things the elders of long ago always spoke of. Meeting people and dealing with the hardships of life were exhausting; whenever I
After reading *Lectures on Laozi*, one learns that Chinese thought was formed by the group of thinkers of the Hundred Schools of Thought who emerged during the chaotic era of the survival of the fittest in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The most representative of these are Confucianism, extending from Confucius to Mencius and Xunzi, and Taoism, extending from Laozi to Zhuangzi. It is no exaggeration to say that these two schools of thought exerted a tremendous influence on
Everyone knows Laozi, and everyone knows the Tao Te Ching. (I still remember mechanically memorizing "Laozi—Taoist thought—Tao Te Ching" during high school ethics class and taking the exam.) However, how many of them have actually read the Tao Te Ching properly? I, too, have tried to read masterpieces and classics whenever possible, but I was hesitant to reach for books of that "kind" (?), like the Tao Te Ching. I don't know exactly why, but I think I held the impression that it would be
