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STUDY GUIDE: NEO - TAOISM



Group 1: Wang Pi's commentary on the I Ching, Group 2: Wang Pi's commentary on the Tao te Ching, Group 3: Ho Yen's commentary on the Tao te Ching, Group 4 & 5: Hsiang Kuo commentary on Chuanng Tzu.
Use QUOTATIONS to underline your points!!!!!

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Question 1: Who is the author of your essay?

Question 2: What text does the author comment on?

Question 3: What base-texts does it use?

Question 4: What discourse does it focus on (ethics, ritual, metaphusics, divination, self-cultivation, epistemology)?

Question 5: What are its main topics (creation, the nature of reality, self, knowledge, self-cultivation, morality, ritual, language, concepts/names ...)?

Question 6: What are the major metaphysical and ethical claims of the text?

Question 7: Compare the contemporary with the original texts (differences, new insights ..)?

Question 8: What new concepts are introduced?

Question 9: Does the text shed new light on "old" concepts?

Question 10:Which of the basic conceptions of "Neo - Taoism" as discussed in class can be found in the text?

Question 11:Groups 1 & 2, Groups 4 & 5 meet to discuss the religious world views of Wang Pi, Ho Yen (Group 3), and the Hsiang Kuo respectively.






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