Three treasures: a conversation with LaoZi, Waldo, and me
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Title
Three treasures: a conversation with LaoZi, Waldo, and me
Description
Qi (2016), Emerson, Margaret.
Abstract
How perfect that my table is round. Like place settings at a dinner party, I arranged each of the eight translations of the Dao De Jing that I’d acquired over thirty years. I decided it would be fun to read them all at once, moving my chair from one to the other, making a full circuit with each chapter. The vivid, multi-dimensional view I got of LaoZi (LaoTse) was so exciting that I felt I was having a prolonged dinner conversation with him—the kind where you lose track of time. I’d been reading Ralph Waldo Emerson intermittently all my life and was struck by the parallels between them, so I invited Emerson to the party. The fact is I was yearning for conversation on ideas and observations that have filled my head, heart, and gut over a lifetime. I wanted to talk to LaoZi and Waldo about them. (Waldo was his preferred name.)
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Language
English
Date
Subject
volume
26
issue
1
page start
34
page end
41
Alternative Title
Qi
Date Created
3/17/2016
Type
Journal Article
issn
1056-4004