Harold D. Roth is professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at Brown University.
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
(1)
A Textual Revolution
1
(1)
``Textual Archaeology''
2
(1)
A ``Mystical Hermeneutic''
3
(1)
The Significance of Inward Training
4
(1)
Beyond ``Lao-Chuang''
5
(6)
The Text of Inward Training
11
(24)
The Literary Genre of Inward Training
12
(6)
The Nature and Filiation of the Kuan Tzu Collection
18
(2)
The Formation of the Kuan Tzu Collection
20
(3)
The Dating and Authorship of Inward Training
23
(7)
A Confucian Inward Training?
30
(5)
A Critical Edition and Translation of Inward Training
35
(64)
The Critical Edition of Inward Training
35
(6)
Technical Terminology
41
(4)
Translation of Inward Training
45
(54)
The Teachings of Inward Training
99
(26)
A Thematic Overview of Inward Training
99
(2)
The Philosophical Foundations of Inward Training
101
(8)
Cosmology: Vital Essence and the Way
101
(3)
Psychological Dimensions: Tranquility, Inner Power, and the Numinous Mind
104
(5)
The Practice of Inner Cultivation in Inward Training
109
(16)
The Fourfold Aligning
109
(3)
The Cultivated Mind
112
(3)
The One
115
(3)
The Holistic Benefits of Inner Cultivation
118
(7)
Inward Training in the Context of Early Taoist Mysticism
125
(48)
What Is Mysticism?
127
(7)
The Mysticism of Inward Training
134
(10)
Mystical Practice in Inward Training
134
(4)
Mystical Experience in Inward Training
138
(4)
Mystical Philosophy in Inward Training
142
(2)
Inward Training and the Lao Tzu
144
(9)
Inward Training and the Chuang Tzu
153
(8)
The Stages of Meditation in Inner Cultivation Practice
161
(7)
Inner Cultivation and Physical Hygiene
168
(5)
Inward Training in the Context of Early Taoism
173
(32)
Towards a Definition of Early Taoism
174
(24)
The Six ``Schools'' of Ssu-ma T'an
175
(6)
The ``Techniques of the Way''
181
(4)
Inward Training and the Lao Tzu
185
(5)
Inward Training and the ``Lore of the Way''
190
(3)
A New Approach to the Evolution of Early Taoism
193
(5)
Inward Training and Early Taoism
198
(7)
Notes
205
(36)
Bibliography
241
(12)
Index
253
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