Precepts and taboos play a central role in the systematization of Daoist communities. On this set of rules hinges the development of various Daoist movements and the establishment of different Daoist schools. In this ...

El Zhengmeng es la obra más importante e influyente de Zhang Zai y representa la plena madurez de su pensamiento. Aun cuando el pasaje más famoso y comentado del Zhengmeng sea la pri mera parte del capítulo 17 (el ...

Tibet has long been orientalized in fictional representations. Taking as a case study two texts by Alai, this paper investigates how a traditional Tibetan cultural trait–the fish taboo–is mobilized to complicate the ...

The Laozi has a long and variegated exegetical history inside and outside of China. This history shows the flexibility of a text that is always able to transform and adapt to the specific cultural context and historical ...