La tradizione taoista nel pensiero di Renu’e Guu’enon

. In the works of Renu’e Guu’enon (1886-1951), Daoism is a manifestation of Guu’enon stresses the notions of “immutable centre” () and symbolism. Yet, the hub of guu’enonian matter about Daoism can be found in the concepts of “emperor” () and “non-action” (). How can a man achieve his own perfection? The answer is not easy: according to Guu’enon, man needs an “innate tendency” if he wants to become a “sage“. But the word “sage“ seems to have a semantic ambivalence in Guu’enon, because he writes in that the “sage” can be “true” or “immortal” () or “transcendent” (). Whereas the first is satisfied with the “lesser mysteries”, the second wants to attain the “greater mysteries”, and these are both the goals of every initiation. In this article, the author seeks to explain the dichotomy “immortality-transcendence” in order to understand Guu’enon's interpretation of Daoism.