{"product_id":"a-chinese-reading-of-the-daodejing-wang-bis-commentary-on-the-laozi-with-critical-text-and-translation-9780791451816","title":"A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation","description":"Many of the brightest Chinese minds have used the form of the commentary to open the terse and poetic chapters of the Laozi to their readers and also to develop a philosophy of their own. None has been more sophisticated, philosophically probing, and influential in the endeavor than a young genius of the third century C.E., Wang Bi (226-249). In this book, Rudolf G. Wagner provides a full translation of the Laozi that extracts from Wang Bi's Commentary the manner in which he read the text, as well as a full translation of Wang Bi's Commentary and his essay on the \"subtle pointers\" of the Laozi. The result is a Chinese reading of the Laozi that will surprise and delight Western readers familiar with some of the many translations of the work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Chinese Reading of the Daodejing is part of Rudolf Wagner's trilogy on Wang Bi's philosophy and classical studies, which also includes The Craft of a Chinese Commentator: Wang Bi on the Laozi and Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China: Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue), both published by SUNY Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolf G. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.24w x 1.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791451816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudolf G. Wagner is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40133682364531,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d883d52b-c729-43bf-998f-32d865d93d5d.jpg?v=1654175772","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-chinese-reading-of-the-daodejing-wang-bis-commentary-on-the-laozi-with-critical-text-and-translation-9780791451816","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}