A Walk in the Night with Zhuangzi - Kuan-yun Huang

A Walk in the Night with Zhuangzi

Musings on an Ancient Chinese Manuscript

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Buch | Hardcover
161 Seiten
2023
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-1-4384-9177-6 (ISBN)
89,95 inkl. MwSt
A complete translation and analysis of "All Things Flow into Form" (Fan wu liu xing), a recently discovered manuscript from the Warring States period (481–221 BCE).
At the heart of "All Things Flow into Form" (Fan wu liu xing), an ancient Chinese manuscript recently salvaged from the black market, is a concern with the process of self-cultivation, particularly the advancement through the incremental stages and the outcome that awaits one in the end: enlightenment, transparency, and self-possession. Critical to this discussion is a conception of a mind within a mind, the unity of which is obtained through the isolation of an innermost core free from extraneous distractions. Such a state is presented as an ideal for kingship, and the text, despite its possibly very ancient roots, is focused on the ruler's ethical training rather than his political maneuvers, his obligation to Heaven and the spirits rather than his dominance over his subjects. Probing deep into this text, we may observe heretofore unappreciated aspects of many of the transmitted literary sources, and in turn, come to more definite conclusions about the manuscript itself. To the extent that this analysis is successful, it illustrates an approach that can be tested against future efforts to read ancient Chinese texts in the light of newly unearthed documents.

Kuan-yun Huanglives and teaches in Taiwan, where he is Research Fellow and Director of the Research Center in Taiwan, Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences.

Preface
A Note on the Translation

Part I. “All Things Flow into Form”

“All Things Flow into Form”: English Translation

“All Things Flow into Form”: Chinese Transcription

Part II. Analysis

1. Solitude

2. Sincerity

3. “The Heart of Hearts”

4. Walking in the Night

5. One

Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Zusatzinfo Total Illustrations: 0
Verlagsort Albany, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 227 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Östliche Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-4384-9177-8 / 1438491778
ISBN-13 978-1-4384-9177-6 / 9781438491776
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