Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Sage Nature and the Logic of Namelessness 23
5. Tracing the Dao 53
6. Hexagrams and Politics 71
7. Li in Wang Bi and Guo Xiang 97
8. The Sage without Emotion 135
9. The Ideas of Illness, Healing, and Morality in Early Heavenly Master Daoism 173
10. Imagining Community 203
11. What is Geyi, After All? 227
12. The Buddharaja Image of Emperor Wu of Liang 265
13. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Reclusion in Early Medieval China 291
14. Destiny and Retribution in Early Medieval China 319
15. Contributors 357
16. Index 361