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Xuanpin (The Dark Female Animal) in Daodejing

Xuanpin (The Dark Female Animal) in Daodejing. Kyoo Lee (City University of New York). FLOW 老子道德經 Lao Zi Dao De Jing 玄牝 ( 六 章) Xuan Pin. 道. 德. Xuanpin 谷 神不死 The spirit of the valley does not pass away. 是謂玄牝 Called the dark womb, 玄牝之門 the gate of the dark womb,

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Xuanpin (The Dark Female Animal) in Daodejing

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  1. Xuanpin(The Dark Female Animal) in Daodejing Kyoo Lee (City University of New York)

  2. FLOW 老子道德經 Lao Zi Dao De Jing 玄牝 (六章) Xuan Pin

  3. 道

  4. 德

  5. Xuanpin 谷神不死 The spirit of the valley does not pass away. 是謂玄牝 Called the dark womb, 玄牝之門 the gate of the dark womb, 是謂天地根 called the root of Heaven and Earth, 綿綿若存 continuously flowing, seemingly always there, 用之不勤 it is used but not to be used up. 道德經 6章 Chapter 6, Daodejing(my trans.)

  6. 玄

  7. 牝

  8. "Zen Shaolin" staged in Henan Province, China. "The extravaganza "Zen Shaolin," with a cast of 500, is staged after nightfall in a valley that sits before a huge mountain in central Henan Province, one of the cradles of Chinese civilization.” http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/30/arts/dance/20080830_TAN_SLIDESHOW_index.html

  9. SUM Natality/Vitality/Animality The “Sex/Gender” of Dao Specificity: Material/Sexuated Contra Hetersexist/Patriarchal Genealogization Metaphysical/Romantic Generalization Primacy: Onto-Phenomenological (Obscenity): Hermeneutical/Translational Further (T)Issues Co-origination & Origination Metaphysics & Metaphors Syncretism & Mysticism

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