Seeing and Hearing in the Laozi and Zhuangzi and the Question of Authority and Authenticity
The present paper investigates the significance of visual and auditory metaphors as used in the main Daoist classics the Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子. While both works disparage the role of the senses, they nonetheless employ a large number of metaphors related to the sense experience. It is the content...
Main Author: | Andrej Fech |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-03-01
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Series: | Religions |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/3/155 |
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