Oct 31, 2024  
2016-2017 General/Graduate Catalog - Expires August 2022 
    
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PHRE 313 - The Taoist Tradition


This course explores the rich heritage of Chinese Taoist tradition through examining Taoist philosophical discourse, religious movements, and meditative techniques of longevity and immortality. We start from the Book of Changes, and proceed to read the Taoist texts of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu. We then study the development of the Taoist religion (founder, rituals, festivals, Taoist immortals and deities, sects, scriptures, etc.), and examine how Taoist philosophy and worldview have been carried into real practice (such as alchemy, meditation, and ch’i-kung [practice of circulation of vital energy]).

Credits: 3
NOTE:
* Honors Scholar Course.
** This course fulfills the Philosophical/Religious Mode of Inquiry and the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
*** This course counts toward the 63-credit Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.



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