Description: Explores the thought of Wang Bi, the third-century Chinese philosopher who made brilliant, innovative contributions in an era when traditional intellectual institutions and orthodoxies had collapsed.
Brief description: Rudolf G. Wagner is Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Heidelberg and the author or editor of many books, including A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing: Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation, also published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"Wagner ... has significantly raised the level of discussion about Wang Bi's philosophy." -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
"...this is a valuable volume, which advances considerably our understanding of an important aspect of Chinese religious history. It should be read and critiqued by all interested scholars." -- Journal of Asian Studies
"This book is truly important--Wang Bi is the most significant Chinese philosopher of his era." -- James Miller, coeditor of Daoism and Ecology