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1、TAOISMTaoism:TheEnduringTraditionoffersfreshperspectivesonareligiousandculturaltraditionwhichhasunfoldedsincethefifthcenturyasaformofintegrationintotheunseenrealitiesoflife.ExploringTaoistvoicesinsacredtextsandcurrentscholarship,andshowinghowTaoismdiffersf
2、rom,andoverlapswith,otherChinesetraditionssuchasConfucianismandZenBuddhism,itexaminesTaoism’sancientclassicalroots,contemporaryheritage,androleinChinesedailylife.FromTaoism’sspiritualphilosophytoitspracticalperspectivesonlifeanddeath,self-cultivation,moral
3、ity,society,leadership,andgender,RussellKirklandbringstolifetheTaoistvisionasexpressedbyfollowersthroughthecenturies.ThroughattentiontoTaoism’skeyelementsandexamplesfromthelivesofTaoistmenandwomen,herevealstherealcontextsoftheTaotechingandChuang-tzu,andofT
4、aoistunderstandingsoflifewhichstillreverberateinmodernpracticessuchasfeng-shuiandt’ai-chich’üan.HisguidetothislongmisrepresentedtraditionpresentsanewparadigmforunderstandingTaoisminthetwenty-firstcentury.RussellKirklandisAssociateProfessorofReligionandAsia
5、nStudiesattheUniversityofGeorgia.HeisamemberoftheexecutiveboardoftheSocietyfortheStudyofChineseReligions,andoftheboardofdirectorsoftheUSTaoistAssociation.HehasbeenwritingonTaoismforovertwentyyears.TAOISMTheenduringtraditionRussellKirklandForewordbyNormanJ.
6、GirardotNEWYORKANDLONDONFirstpublished2004intheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001SimultaneouslypublishedintheUKbyRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EERoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise
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