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are their any good books on Chinese folk religion?

>>12630856
girardfag here

>>12630836
are we talking about Land or everything here? if we're talking about learning everything, there's a passage in Zhuangzi that argues against this:

>In the south there was an eccentric named Huang Liao who asked why Heaven and earth do not collapse and crumble or what makes the wind and rain, the thunder and lightning. Hui Shi, undaunted, undertook to answer him; without stopping to think, he began to reply, touch- ing on every one of the ten thousand things in his peroration, expounding on and on without stop in multitudes of words that never ended. But still it was not enough, and so he began to add on his astonishing assertions. What- ever contradicted other men’s views he declared to be the truth, hoping to win a reputation for outwitting others. This was why he never got along with ordinary people. Weak in inner virtue, strong in his concern for external things, he walked a road that was crooked indeed! If we examine Hui Shi’s accomplishments from the point of view of the Way of Heaven and earth, they seem like the exertions of a mosquito or a gnat—of what use are they to other things? True, he still deserves to be regarded as the founder of one school, though I say, if he had only shown greater respect for the Way, he would have come nearer to being right. Hui Shi, however, could not seem to find any tranquillity for himself in such an approach. Instead, he went on tirelessly separating and analyzing the ten thou- sand things and, in the end, was known only for his skill in exposition. What a pity—that Hui Shi abused and dissipated his talents without ever really achieving anything! Chasing after the ten thousand things, never turning back, he was like one who tries to shout an echo into silence or to prove that form can outrun shadow. How sad!
>tldr Everything is a bad idea
>better to be like Cook Ting and not these jokers
>or like a cool mellow Song gentleman

anyways if we're talking about Land obviously i'm happy to share whatever i can, it's the greatest story ever told.

can you read this? does this make sense?

Land: Circuitries
http://www.labster8.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/NickLand-Circuitries.pdf

>>12252633
>Knowing yourself as truly one and indestructible, how could a wise man possessing self-knowledge like you feel any pleasure in acquiring wealth? Truly, when one does not know oneself, one takes pleasure in the objects of mistaken perception, just as greed arises for the mistaken silver in one who does not know mother of pearl for what it is. All this wells up like waves in the sea. Recognising, “I am That,” why run around like someone in need?

>In the infinite ocean of myself the world boat drifts here and there, moved by its own inner wind. I am not put out by that. Whether the world wave of its own nature rises or disappears in the infinite ocean of myself, I neither gain nor lose anything by that. It is in the infinite ocean of myself that the mind-creation called the world takes place. I am supremely peaceful and formless, and I remain as such. My true nature is not contained in objects, nor does any object exist in it, for it is infinite and spotless. So it is unattached, desireless and at peace, and I remain as such. I am pure consciousness, and the world is like a magician’s show. How could I imagine there is anything there to take up or reject?

I want to start learning about Confucianism, but have no idea where to begin.
What would be some recommended books to get into the topic?
Is there a recommended reading list?

Any recommendations on taoist literature /lit/? I've already read a few different translations of the Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi