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Title Philosophy and religion in early medieval China / edited by Alan K.L. Chan and Yuet-Keung Lo
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (v, 375 pages)
Series SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Contents Introduction / Alan K.L. Chan -- Sage nature and the logic of namelessness : reconstructing He Yan's explication of Dao / Alan K.L. Chan -- Tracing the Dao : Wang Bi's theory of names / Jude Soo-Meng Chua -- Hexagrams and politics : Wang Bi's political philosophy in the Zhouyi zhu / Tze-Ki Hon -- Li in Wang Bi and Guo Xiang : coherence in the dark / Brook Ziporyn -- The sage without emotion : music, mind, and politics in Xi Kang / Ulrike Middendorf -- The ideas of illness, healing, and morality in early heavenly master Daoism / Chi-Tim Lai -- Imagining community : family values and morality in the Lingbao scriptures / Stephen R. Bokenkamp -- What is geyi, after all? / Victor H. Mair -- The Buddharāja image of Emperor Wu of Liang / Kathy Cheng-Mei Ku -- Social and cultural dimensions of reclusion in early medieval China / Alan Berkowitz -- Destiny and retribution in early medieval China / Yuet-Keung Lo
Summary Exploring a time of profound change, this book details the intellectual ferment after the fall of the Han dynasty. Questions about "heaven" and the affairs of the world that had seemed resolved by Han Confucianism resurfaced and demanded reconsideration. New currents in philosophy, religion, and intellectual life emerged to leave an indelible mark on the subsequent development of Chinese thought and culture. This period saw the rise of xuanxue ("dark learning" or "learning of the mysterious Dao"), the establishment of relgious Daoism, and the rise of Buddhism. In examining the key ideas of xuanxue and focusing on its main proponents, the contributors to this volume call into question the often-presumed monolithic identity of this broad philosophical front. The volume also highlights the richness and complexity of religion in China during this period, examining the relationship between the Way of the Celestial Master and local, popular religious beliefs and practices, and
Discussing the relationship between religious Daoism and Buddhism --Book Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Taoism -- China -- History -- To 1500
Buddhism -- China -- History -- To 1500
Philosophy and religion -- China -- History -- To 1500
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
Buddhism
Intellectual life
Philosophy and religion
Religion
Taoism
SUBJECT China -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024177
China -- Intellectual life -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024141
Subject China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Chan, Alan Kam-leung, 1956-
Lo, Yuet Keung
ISBN 9781441668424
144166842X
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1438431899
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