The philosophy of life : a new reading of the Zhuangzi /

Chen Guying, one of the leading scholars on Daoism in contemporary China, provides in his book The Philosophy of Life, A New Reading of the Zhuangzi a detailed analysis and a unique interpretation of Zhuangzi's Inner, Outer and Miscellaneous chapters. Unlike many other Chinese scholars Chen doe...

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Main Author: Chen, Guying (Author)
Other Authors: Hertzer, Dominique (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Brill's humanities in China library ; v. 9.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter I Geng Sangchu--The Innate Nature is the Substance of Life / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter II Xu Wugui--A Person Banished to Exile Remembers His Parents / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter III Zeyang--The Ten Thousand Things Differ in Principle, but the Dao Shows No Partiality Among Them / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter IV Wai Wu--Outer Things: Get the Idea and Forget the Words / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter V Yuyan--Metaphorical Language: The Implications of the Three Words / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter VI Rang Wang--Abdicating the Throne: The Truth of the Dao Lies in the Regulation of the Person / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter VII Dao Zhi--Robber Zhi: "For the Sake of Gain They All Brought Confusion to the Truth within Them and Did Violence to Their True Form and Innate Nature" / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter VIII Shuo Jian--Discoursing on Swords: The Feudal Lords Return to Their Former Obedience and How to Pacify the Neighbors on All Sides / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter IX Yu Fu--The Old Fisherman: "By Truth I Mean Purity and Sincerity in Their Highest Degrees" / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter X Lie Yukou--"Looking On What is Deemed Necessary as Unnecessary" / Author: Guying Chen
  • Chapter XI Tianxia--The World: "Inwardly a Sage and Outwardly a King" / Author: Guying Chen.