Women in Daoism
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: May 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781931483018
Subjects: Women's studies; Religion - World Religions; History; History: World; Religion; China; Taoism; Religion / Taoism; Eastern - Taoism; Asia - China; Taoist; Women's Studies - General; Taoist women
First sentence: legendary sage Laozi, the Old Master (see Henricks 2000; LaFargue 1992). The text represents the Dao as the great mother, the essential element of water that nurtures all, and possessed of feminine qualities of softness and weakness (Overmyer 1981, 92).