Methods of Philosophic Critique Native to the Laozi

Lao-Zhuang thought and the Laozi in particular is frequently interpreted as providing a critique of dominant social values its time. In English language literature, this often entails utilizing thinkers from Western tradition philosophic Kant onwards, thereby obscuring critical methods unique to text itself. Chinese on other hand, rarely uses semantics which prevents contributing own voice discourse critique. This paper attempts put into with wider critique, broadening “Chinese voice”, but allowing it speak terms according itself, commentarial tradition, modern scholarship.