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Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures

Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures

Komjathy, Louis

Hardcover

Chinese HistoryTaoismZoology

ISBN10: 0231181264
ISBN13: 9780231181266
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: Mar 21 2017
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

In thirteenth-century China, a Daoist monk named Gao Daokuan (1195-1277) composed a series of illustrated poems and accompanying verse commentary known as the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures. In this annotated translation and study, Louis Komjathy argues that this virtually unknown text offers unique insights into the transformative effects of Daoist contemplative practice. Taming the Wild Horse examines Gao's illustrated poems in terms of monasticism and contemplative practice, as well as the multivalent meaning of the horse in traditional Chinese culture and the consequences for both human and nonhuman animals.

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