Chapter Three Tracing the Obscure

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Defining “Arche-Semiotics” 1
5. Daoist Semiotics in Comparative Perspective
6. Ways through Language 29
7. Ways beyond Language 57
8. Daoist Semiotics in Early Medieval Culture
9. Tracing the Obscure 113
10. Traces of Transcendence 157
11. Sign, Translation, Enlightenment 199
12. The Arche-Semiotic Mind and the Carving of Dragons 243
13. Abbreviations 275
14. Notes 277
15. Bibliography 299
16. Index 307