[mario-main]

van Norden is an award-winning scholar who has dedicated his entire life to classical Chinese philosophy. He has taught the subject at universities for decades. I think his PhD earns him the privilege of being seen as more of an authority on this particular subject than Benjamin Hoff, whose credentials are a BA in Asian art and learning a Japanese version of Qigong as a hobby.

[kgwxd]

None of that means anything. Classical != right/accurate/useful. That mindset just gives authority to age, which does not correlate.