Reviews for Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition

The average rating for Early Chinese Mysticism: Philosophy and Soteriology in the Taoist Tradition based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-12-23 00:00:00 Amanda Winborne A history of the evolution of Taoism and its synthesis with Buddhism during the Tang dynasty. The impressive eclecticism of ancient Chinese thought is on full show here as well as the curiously political focus of much of the writing. Kohn shows that this is really an exploration of how the Tao operates in society. Most interesting is the way indigenous Chinese philosophy assimilated Mahāyāna concepts and how congenial those concepts were to Taoist thought.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-10-29 00:00:00 Marsha Snipe Another classic in the field.