Daoism in Early China

Dr Feng Cao is Professor at Renmin University of China. He received his PhD from Tokyo University, and held professorships at both Shandong University and Tsinghua University in China. His research focuses on early Chinese philosophy, notably Taoism and the study of excavated documents.

• Introduction: On the Huang-Lao Tradition of Daoist Thought.- Huang-Lao Daoism Research in Light of Excavated Texts.- Huang-Lao Thought and Folk Techniques and Calculations: Using Clues from Excavated Texts.- The Literary Structure and Characteristics of the Thought in the Bamboo Manuscript known as All Things Flow into Fluid Forms (Fanwu Liuxing).- From Auto-Creation to Autonomy An Analysis of Political Philosophy in the Hengxian.- The Idea of Names or Naming, as one of the Key Concept in the Huangdi Sijing, Discussing the relationship between the Concepts of Dao, Names, Legality.