Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-258) and indexes.
Contents
Preface -- 1. 'The way that can be told' : introduction -- 2. 'The meaning is not the meaning' : on the nature of Daoism -- 3. 'Cramped scholars' : Western interpretations of Daoism -- 4. 'The Great Clod' : Daoist natural philosophy -- 5. 'Going rambling without destination' : moral explorations -- 6. 'The transformation of things' : the alchemy of life, sex and health -- 7. 'The Way is incommunicable' : transcendence -- 8. 'The twitter of birds' : philosophical themes -- 9. 'Journey to the West' : by way of concluding.
