Héguanzî, the Dao of Unity: In the Birth of the Chinese Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781664116627)

Over two millennia ago, in troubled times not unlike our own, a mysterious figure, distinguished by a pheasant feather in his cap, emerged with poetic visions of a future world of peace and justice. Like Laozi, Pheasant Cap (Héguanzî) understood the underlying unity in things and the power of Dao to make things happen. Facing the threat of conquest by the westerly state of Qin, he looked to a messiah-like figure, the Ninth Augustan, to inaugurate a new era according to the mandate of the god Grand Unity. Here for the first time, we get an insider's view of early Daoism as it influenced philosophy, its ideas of an interlinked cosmos, cyclical time, and the perceived role of the northern Dipper (Plough) constellation.

Author: Marnix Wells
ISBN-10: 1664116621
ISBN-13: 9781664116627
Publisher: Xlibris UK
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2022
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.52lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.92d