Neo Taoism

The Seba library treats Neo Taoism in 3 passages, across 1 author (including Kohn, Livia).

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"Neo-Daoism" in earlier Western sources, signifies a broad philosophical front united in its attempt to discern the "true" meaning of the Dao, but is not a homogeneous, sectarian school.

This passage provides the primary scholarly definition of Neo Taoism as a historically specific, philosophically unified but institutionally diverse movement, grounding Wang Bi's logic of nonbeing as its central contribution.

Kohn, Livia, Daoism Handbook, 2000thesis

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Neo-Confucianism, and art, 722; and cosmology, 482; and Daoism, xii; and longevity, 81; and morality books, 836... Neo-Daoism, 16

This index entry situates Neo Taoism (Neo-Daoism) within the broader architecture of the Daoism Handbook, distinguishing it from Neo-Confucianism and locating it as a discrete historical category within the scholarly taxonomy.

Kohn, Livia, Daoism Handbook, 2000supporting

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Chan Buddhism, and art, 725-26, 731; and Daoism, 629, 633... and Quanzhen, xvii, 574, 581, 584, 588, 589, 590; and Shinto, 828; and ,?Javmg-..i, 34-35, 40

This index passage contextualizes Neo Taoism's intellectual environment by mapping the cross-traditional relationships — Chan Buddhism, Quanzhen, and xuanxue — that surrounded and partially absorbed Neo Taoist philosophical impulses.

Kohn, Livia, Daoism Handbook, 2000aside

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