Desiderius Erasmus

Xuanpin (The Dark Female Animal) in DaodejingKyoo Lee(City University of New York)

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The spirit of the valley does not pass away.Called the dark womb,the gate of the dark womb, called the root of Heaven and Earth,continuously flowing, seemingly always there,it is used but not to be used up.

6Chapter 6, Daodejing(my trans.)

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18"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

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20SUMNatality/Vitality/AnimalityThe Sex/Gender of DaoSpecificity: Material/SexuatedContra Hetersexist/Patriarchal GenealogizationMetaphysical/Romantic GeneralizationPrimacy: Onto-Phenomenological(Obscenity): Hermeneutical/Translational

Further (T)IssuesCo-origination & OriginationMetaphysics & MetaphorsSyncretism & Mysticism

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