Laughing at the Dao: Debates among Buddhists and Daoists in Medieval China Livia Kohn:Paperback West has taken a fresh

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Laughing at the Dao: Debates among Buddhists and Daoists in Medieval China Livia Kohn:Paperback West has taken a freshThe Xiaodao lun (Laughing at the Dao) is an important document of the debates among Buddhists and Daoists in sixth century China. Written by the Daoist renegade Zhen Luan in the year 570, the text aims to expose inconsistencies in Daoist doctrine, cosmology, ritual, and religious practice. In a complete and fully annotated translation, Livia Kohn places the work within the context of the debates and exposes the political schemes behind the apparently