{"product_id":"the-old-master-hongkyung-kim-9781438440125","title":"The Old Master: A Syncretic Reading of the Laozi from the Mawangdui Text a Onward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique translation of and commentary on the Laozi, based on the oldest edition of the work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique, highly contextualized translation of the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e is based on the earliest known edition of the work, Text A of the Mawangdui \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e, written before 202 BCE. No other editions are comparable to this text in its antiquity. Hongkyung Kim also incorporates the recent archaeological discovery of \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e-related documents disentombed in 1993 in Guodian, seeing these documents as proto-materials for compilation of the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e and revealing clues for disentangling the work from complicated exegetical contentions. Kim makes extensive use of Chinese commentaries on the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e and also examines the classic Chinese texts closely associated with the formation of the work to illuminate the intellectual and historical context of Laozi's philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim offers several original and thought-provoking arguments on the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e, including that the work was compiled during the Qin, which has traditionally been viewed as typical of Legalist states, and that the \u003ci\u003eLaozi\u003c\/i\u003e should be recognized as a syncretic text before being labeled a Daoist one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hongkyung Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143844012X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438440125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Hongkyung Kim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447881478399,"sku":"9781438440125","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec939070-c7b0-4881-8210-bbcf3eb5a094.jpg?v=1777235441","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-old-master-hongkyung-kim-9781438440125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}