| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Nature of Huai-nan Tzu; Historical and Cultural Background; Object and Method of This Study; The Field of Huai-nan Tzu Studies; Part One: Historical and Textual Studies; Chapter I. Liu An and the Authorship of Huai-nan Tzu; Chapter II. The Transmission of Huai-nan Tzu; Chapter III. Han Commentaries on Huai-nan Tzu; Chapter IV. The Sources of Huai-nan Tzu; Part Two: Translation and Interpretation; Chapter V. Translation of Huai-nan Tzu 6 and Commentary; Chapter VI. The Idea of Kan-Ying in Huai-nan Tzu; Conclusion |
| Summary |
The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns |
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Huai-nan Tzu (139BC) was viewed, for its great diversity of subject-matter, ideas and style, by traditional Chinese scholars as a composite work of the Eclectic School. It is the author's contention, however, that one overriding concern pervades the work: the attempt to define the essential conditions for a Taoist political utopianism. The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns. Only in the True Man, who is 'one with Tao' and 'attuned to the cosmos', does kan-ying attain its ultimate realization, 'the Great Peace' and 'the Great Merging'. 'After all,' concludes the author, ' it is in Huai-nan Tzu that we find the statement' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-239) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Huainanzi
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Huainanzi fast |
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Philosophy.
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Taoist.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789882201798 |
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9882201792 |
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