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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, December 01, 2023 3:00 pm to 5:00
  pm \n EAS Lounge & ZOOM \n Robarts Library, 14th Floor \n 130 St. George
  Street \n\nSpeakers \nJames Robson \n\nDescription: \nThe Daode Jing (The
  Scripture of the Way and Its Virtues) and Its Diverse Commentaries, a le
 cture by James Robson, James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East As
 ian Languages and Civilizations (Harvard University)Abstract: The Daode ji
 ng is traditionally regarded as one of the main sacred books of Daoism, w
 ritten in the 6th century BCE by the religion’s venerable old founder Laoz
 i (“The Old Master”). Over the past two thousand years, the Daode jing ha
 s attracted the attention of a multitude of scholars and exegetes in China
  and spread throughout the rest of East Asia, where it has had a prodigio
 us influence.      In this talk I am most interested in the diverse afterl
 ives of the Daode jing that become accessible to us through a consideratio
 n of its diverse commentaries. This talk will be less concerned with the l
 ife of the purported author or the nebulous meanings of the Daode jing and
  more the lives that the book itself has lived. Through a discussion of a 
 selection of influential early commentaries on the Daode jing we can demon
 strate that in ancient China there was not a single way to read, interpre
 t, or put into practice the brief and mysterious work, and through a con
 sideration of later commentaries we can see how those interpretations furt
 her shifted over time. It is the surprising diversity found in commentarie
 s on the Daode jing that this talk aims to explore.Time: Friday, December
  1, 3–5 p.m. ESTPlace:       In person: EAS Lounge, RL14100 (Robarts Lib
 rary, 14th Floor)      Zoom: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84498207351 (Pass
 code: 171192)  \n\nContact Information: \n Walid Saleh walid.saleh@utoront
 o.ca \n130 St. George Street \n\nCategories \n Lectures \n\nAudiences \n A
 lumni and FriendsCommunityFacultyGraduate StudentsStaffUndergraduate Stude
 nts
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LOCATION:130 St. George Street
SUMMARY:The DAODE Jing (The Scriptures of the Way and Its Virtues) and Its 
 Diverse Commentaries.
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 nd-its-virtues-and-its-diverse-commentaries
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