Daoism Divided and Reunited

00:00 || 0 Introduction
01:02 || 1 Daoism as a Philosophy
03:04 || 2 Philosophical Daoism vs Religious Daoism
04:29 || 2.1 Analysis of Creel
16:22 || 3 The New Perspective’s Criticism
17:18 || 3.1 Daoism’s Origin
23:14 || 3.2 Daoism in the West
27:01 || 4 The History of the New Perspective
28:42 || 5 My Take

Music: daisuki by Lazy Vibes

The study of Daoism as it stands today is divided. Throughout this video, I explore the division and its history, then share my thoughts on what to make of it all and what is to be done.


Please feel free to correct any of my mispronunciations and share any other thoughts you have.


Sources

Creel, H. G. “What Is Taoism?” Journal of the American Oriental Society 76, no. 3 (1956): 139- 52. doi:10.2307/596285.

Robson, James, and Jack Miles. The Norton Anthology of World Religions: Daoism. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.

Russell Kirkland, T. H. Barret, and Livia Kohn’s Introduction from…
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Lieh-tzu, and A. C. Graham. The Book of Lieh-tzu: A Classic of the Tao. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.

Seidel, Anna. "Chronicle of Taoist Studies in the West 1950-1990." Cahiers DExtrême-Asie Année 5, no. 1 (1989): 223-347. doi:10.3406/asie.1989.950.

Hoffert, Brian. "Beyond Life and Death: Zhuangzi’s Great Awakening." Journal of Daoist Studies 8, no. 1 (2015): 165-78. doi:10.1353/dao.2015.0008.

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Sima, Qian, and Burton Watson. Records of the Grand Historian of China. Vol. 1. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.

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Thompson, George. “Master Gu teaches Chinese pronunciation.” YouTube Video, 8:45, July 4, 2020.    • Is it Taoism or Daoism? Chi Kung or Q...  .

Relevant Sources Not Used in this Video

H. G. Creel, What is Taoism: and Other Studies in Chinese Cultural History, (1970)

Louis Komjathy, "Handbooks for Daoist Practice: Introduction"

Let me know what else should go here!