Title Having a word with Angus Graham : at twenty-five years into his immortality / edited by Carine Defoort and Roger T. Ames

Published Albany, NY : State University of New York, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Series SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture Contents Intro; Contents; Introduction Having a Word with Angus Graham: At Twenty-Five Years into His Immortality; Notes; 1 Reading the Zhuangzi Anthology; Introduction; A.C. Grahamâ#x80;#x99;s Zhuangzi and the Authorship Problem; Pre-Qin Authorship and the Zhuangzi; Reading the Zhuangzi Anthology: Goals, Assumptions, Methods; Notes; 2 Reflections on Textual Analysis in the Post-Graham Era; Assumption 1: The texts we have available to study are the whole body of ancient literature.; Assumption 2: Sound reasoning and speculation are more reliable than imperfect historical literature and records Assumption 3: A historical text or record must be either reliable or discarded. Assumption 4: Samples can be used as evidence for general judgments.; Notes; 3 Cognitive Attunement in the Zhuangzi; Contemplative Phenomenology; Cognitive Attunement in the Zhuangzi; Cognitive Attunement in the Qiwulun; Notes; 4 Vital Matters, A.C. Graham, and the Zhuangzi; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Remarks on Intertranslatability and Relativism; Notes; 6 Getting to the Bottom of â#x80;#x9C;Thingsâ#x80;#x9D; (wù?): Expanding on A.C. Grahamâ#x80;#x99;s Understanding; 1. Introduction; 2. Tracking the Semantics of wù 3. The Evidence of the Zuo Zhuà n3.1 Sets; 3.2 Sets of correspondent tokens; 3.3 Dyads; 3.4 Assemblages of objects and random sets; 4. Pointing to Things as They Are Nowâ#x80;#x94;And Other Things Being Equal; Notes; 7 MÃƯng as â#x80;#x9C;Namesâ#x80;#x9D; Rather than â#x80;#x9C;Wordsâ#x80;#x9D;: Disabled Bodies Speaking without Acting in Early Chinese Texts; Introduction; Background: Detached versus Immersed Views of Language; Prefatory Remarks; Blind Naming Passages; Criteria for the Correctness of a Name; Words and Names; Why Blind People, After All?; A cross-cultural perspective Lameness and the motivation for using visual disabilitiesTaste impairment and the motivation for using visual disabilities; The Legacy of Blind Naming in the Mò Bià n; Notes; 8 Unfounded and Unfollowed: Menciusâ#x80;#x99;s Portrayal of Yang Zhu and Mo Di; Unfounded: Menciusâ#x80;#x99;s Portrayal of the Egoist Yang Zhu; Negative evidence; Positive evidence; Equally Unfounded: Menciusâ#x80;#x99;s Portrayal of the Extreme Altruist Mozi; Unfollowed: Post-Mencian Variations on â#x80;#x9C;Hairâ#x80;#x9D; and the â#x80;#x9C;Worldâ#x80;#x9D;; Praise for not sacrificing one hair to obtain the world Criticism for not sacrificing one hair to obtain the worldCynical appraisal of the ideal of abdication; By benefiting the world, one deserves to benefit from it; One Superficial Follower: â#x80;#x9C;Yang Zhuâ#x80;#x9D; in the Liezi; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Reconstructing A.C. Grahamâ#x80;#x99;s Reading of Mencius on xing?: A Coda to â#x80;#x9C;The Background of the Mencian Theory of Human Natureâ#x80;#x9D; (1967); Sharing a Hobby Horse; Setting the Problem; Angus Graham and the Narrative Interpretation of xing; Grahamâ#x80;#x99;s Initial Developmental Understanding of the Mencian xing ; Grahamâ#x80;#x99;s Evolving Understanding of xing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2018) Subject Graham, A. C. (Angus Charles) Zhuangzi SUBJECT Zhuangzi fast Subject Philosophy, Chinese. PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern. Philosophy, Chinese Form Electronic book Author Defoort, Carine, 1961- editor, contributor Ames, Roger T., 1947- editor, contributor LC no. 2017059539 ISBN 9781438468563 1438468563

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