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| Document Type(s): | Journal Article |
| Article/Chapter Title: | The Roots of Altruism in the Taoist Tradition |
| Journal Title: | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
| Author(s): | Kirkland, Russell |
| Religion(s): | Taoism |
| ISSN: | 0002-7189 |
| Date of Publication: | 1986 |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Pages: | 59-74 |
| Annotation: | Recognizing that Taoism has been traditionally branded in the West as an egocentric and individualistic philosophico-religious tradition, Kirkland uncovers the altruistic elements of early and medieval Taoism. He draws on the T’ai-p’ing (Grand Tranquility) text, and discusses concepts like wu-wei and the Taoist salvific figure, Celestial Master. In addition to providing a history of the soteriological value of altruism, Kirkland discusses the social commitment to altruism espoused by the T’ang dynasty and demonstrated by Yeh Fa-Shan, a wonder-worker who perceived his altruism as an activity in the natural order of things ordained by Heaven. |
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