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Reading guide for Confucianism and Taoism pretty please? With a cherry on top?

>> No.18739229

Analects, Mengzi, Dao de Jing, Zhuangzi

>> No.18739258

>>18739229
ok but what if i just want to read 150 pages that make sense

>> No.18739264

>>18739229
Thank you :)
>>18739258
Not me (OP) btw

>> No.18739325

>>18739229
This but read the Confucians texts via Zhu Xi's four books

>> No.18739336

>>18739325
Oh and Xunzi, as Zhu Xi was an ideological opponent of Xun Kuang

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>>18739258
>NOOOO YOU CANT JUST READ SUMMARY OF THE DAO DE JING!!! EVERY LINE MATTERS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>> No.18739360

>>18739348
it would literally be faster to read the dao de jing it's short as hell dude

>> No.18739881

>>18739181
>>18739181
confucianism is for incels

>> No.18739887

>>18739181
Not for you gweilo.

>> No.18739892

>>18739881
great, this should be right up my alley then

>> No.18740842

>>18739181
>qi gong - dr yang jwing ming, the Chinese roots of qi gong
>Nei gong - Damo Mitchell, a guide to daoist nei gong
>Alchemy - Wang mu, golden elixer press, foundations of internal Alchemy

Daoism without at least qi gong is like Buddhism without meditation

>> No.18741173

>>18739181
https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Midleading
this user posted a pretty good guide on Taoism on his main page, none of them are translated so I imagine it's not useful for OP

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>>18739229
Yup, this is all you need.

>> No.18741562

>>18739181
pro-tip: don't read zhuangzi, he's completely worthless unless you're looking for some massive cope to deal with a failed life

>> No.18742529

bumping for interest

>> No.18744041

>>18741195
FUCK David Hinton, I bought his copy of the I Ching and his translation is unreadable.