| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; 1. Guo Moruo: Radically Changing Attitudes Toward Zhuangzi; 2. Hu Shi: Biological Evolutionism and Zhuangzi; 3. Lu Xun: The Persistent Rejection of Zhuangzi; 4. Zhou Zuoren: The Unconscious and Troubled Semi-Zhuangzi; 5. Lin Yutang: Zhuangzi Travels to the West; 6. Fei Ming: From Artistic Transcendence to Political Kitsch; Part II; 7. The Unlucky Fate of Zhuangzi; 8. The Resurrection of Zhuangzi in the 1980s; 9. Yan Lianke's Vacillation: To Be or Not to Be Zhuangzi?; 10. Gao Xingjian: The Triumph of the Modern Zhuangzi; Notes |
| Summary |
This is a powerful account of how the ruin and resurrection of Zhuangzi in modern China's literary history correspond to the rise and fall of modern Chinese individuality. The book highlights two central philosophical themes of Zhuangzi: the absolute spiritual freedom and the rejection of absolute and fixed views on right and wrong. It argues that the twentieth-century reinterpretation and appropriation of these two important philosophical themes best testify to the dilemma and inner struggle of modern Chinese intellectuals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on September 8, 2015) |
| Subject |
Zhuangzi -- Influence
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Zhuangzi |
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Chinese literature -- Philosophy
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Taoist philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Eastern.
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Chinese literature -- Philosophy
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Taoist philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190238162 |
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019023816X |
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9780190238179 |
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0190238178 |
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