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•Define,
in detail and your own words, the Dao.
•Compare
and contrast the ideas (not the ease of reading) of Laozi & Zhuangzi.
•Evaluate
the meaning of the seemingly abstract and contrasting poems in the Dao
De Jing.
(Pick one or two good examples and analyze them, specifically.)
•Discuss
the importance of animals and their interactions in the understanding of Daoism.
•Examine
the commentaries of both works on the relationship and role of humans and the
natural world
•Deduce
the importance of parables in the work of Zhuangzi. To what extent do this make
Daoism less classical and what are the ramifications of this?
De & the state of perfection (pp.
1521-1525 & 1530-1531) (Book 2)
•Explain
the difference between Dao and De.
•Evaluate
the impact of how Laozi’s more concrete commentary on virtue effects Classical
Daoism.
•Some
scholars have argued that originally the work was written/orally told with Book
2 (De) first and then later changed so that the book on the Dao would come
first. To what extent would this change one’s understanding of Daoism?
•Explain
the “Parable of Knives” in the context of virtue and its oneness with the Dao.
•Define
heaven in the terms of Classical Daoism
•To
what extent is Zhuangzi a better textual source for the religion than Laozi;
but,
why is
Laozi considered more authoritative?
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