The Status of Lao-Zhuang Daoism. A little over 2,000 years ago, some man had enough power to condemn quasi-slave labor to build him a coffin the size of a Hong Kong mansion. He made …

Huang–Lao (simplified Chinese: 黄老; traditional Chinese: 黃老; pinyin: Huáng-Lǎo; Wade–Giles: Huang-lao; lit. 'Huangdi–Laozi') was the most influential Chinese school of thought in the early …

The tradition is also called “Lao-Zhuang” philosophy, referring to what are commonly regarded as its two classical and most influential texts: the Daodejing or Laozi (3 rd Cn. B.C.E.) and the …

Feb 19, 2003 · Traditionally traced to the mythical Laozi “Old Philosopher,” Philosophical Daoism owes more to “philosopher Zhuang” (Zhuangzi) (4 th Century BCE). Daoism is an umbrella …

Nov 7, 2023 · As Wang Zhongjiang writes, “Laozi’s philosophy originally combined the regulation of the state and the regulation of the body, though these later developed along two different …

Dec 9, 2024 · Today, in the second part of our Taoist history series, we’ll introduce ZHUANGZI and the tradition he helped shape, known as the LAO-ZHUANG school.

Laozi (/ ˈ l aʊ d z ə /), also romanized as Lao Tzu among other ways, was a semi-legendary Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching (Laozi), one of the foundational texts of …

The contemporary interpretation of Lao-Zhuang's thought reveals a multidimensional dialogue between tradition and modernity, the local and the exotic, and East and West. The interaction …

Mar 3, 2025 · This article conducts an in-depth study on the dissemination routes of Lao-Zhuang thought (Daoist thought) in the ancient world and the evidence of cultural exchange found in …

In this article, I investigate how xuantong evolves from the Guodian Laozi to the Huainanzi and Wenzi. I argue that although xuantong may originate from the Laozi, it is in the Wenzi that a …