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"Whereas in the official version the emphasis is on the heroic triumph over a destructive chaos condition (deluge, barbarian revolt, etc.) and the reestablishment and preservation of the civilized order, the Taoist reinterpretation of similar mythic themes stresses the artificiality of the human order and the need to reidentify with the condition or creature of chaos. Furthermore, it is important to realize that in the Confucian and Taoist sinicized versions of tribal mythology the original demiurgic figure (animal ancestor) is fundamentally ambiguous with respect to the chaos condition and can be either the heroic "tamer of the flood" or the agent responsible for, and identified with, the return of chaos." Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism 1983, Girardot
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:05:07 +0000

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