Sinologism: An Alternative to Orientalism and Postcolonialism by Ming Dong Gu (review)
997 (c) 2015 by University of Hawai'i Press depth and originality of the text, many chapters and individual passages of the Laozi refer to the syncretic environment of governance theoreticians, and elements traditionally considered typically Daoist can be found in texts marked as proto Legalist, Legalist, or Realist" (vol. 1, p. 43) There seems to be a remarkable tendency in contemporary Czech sinology to stress the "pragmatic" aspects of the Laozi.