Vermilion Seal Chinese civilisation, from Taiwan

Concepts of the Chinese tradition

The working vocabulary of Confucian, Daoist and Buddhist thought — 道, 氣, 仁, 無為 — each defined from the passages where the tradition itself defines it, with the locus classicus given so you can read the term in its own context.

Ink painting by Zhang Lu of an elderly Laozi seated on the back of an ox, reading a scroll, brushed in loose Ming dynasty strokes. National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Laozi Riding an Ox 張路《老子騎牛圖》 — Zhang Lu (張路, c. 1464–1538), Ming dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei. Source

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