Daoist scholar to speak at Adelphi August 6th, 2010

Lu Xichen on "The Wisdom to Preserve Psychological Health from the Daodejing

Adelphi University talk

August 6, 2010

Dr. Xichen Lu, the Director of the Ethics Research Institute at South
Central University, Changsa, China, will give a
lecture, "The Wisdom to Preserve Psychological Health from the
Daodejing." Professor Lu is a council member of the Association of
Chinese Religions, a
scholar who has published many books and articles on Daoism.  The
Daodejing: The Classic of the Way and the Virtue, is a central text of
the Daoist
tradition. In recent years this text has been used in China in the
treatment of mental illness. In this presentation, Dr. Xichen Lu will
discuss the cognitive behavioral therapeutic aspects of the Daodejing
text and its clinical application with patients. Dr. Lu will draw on her
experience as a classical Daoist scholar, psychologist, and practitioner
of Daoism to explore this unique modern Chinese psychotherapeutic
intervention.

Friday August 6, 2010 from 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Directions to the campus can be found on the Adelphi webpage:
www.adelphi.edu

Please r.s.v.p. to Prof. Cristina Zaccarini at zaccarin@adelphi.edu

Dr. Cristina Zaccarini
Associate Prof., Dept. of History
Co-Director, Asian Studies