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Chai, David, 1971-

Zhuangzi and the becoming of nothingness / David Chai. - 1 online resource - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Nothingness and Dao: A Time before Being; The Nature of Nothingness; The Language of Nothingness; The Oneness of Dao; Returning to Dao, Overcoming Nihilism; Conclusion; 2. Dao, the One, and the Question of Being; Original Being qua the Thing; The Thing's Unveiling; The Trace and the Traceless Sage; Wandering in the Harmony of Dao; Conclusion; 3. Dao and the Time of Nothingness; Dao and Cosmological Time; Human Measured Time; Conclusion; 4. Zhuangzi and the Life Praxis of Being Useless; Useless by Proxy and the Proxy of Usefulness Learning from the Useless TreeConclusion; 5. Discovering Dao through Self-Forgetting; The Mundaneness of Forgetting; Losing Oneself in Forgetfulness; Sitting in Forgetfulness; A Taste of Spiritual Freedom: Composing the Heart-Mind; Conclusion; 6. Wandering Carefree in Nothingness; Cosmological Freedom; Three Heavenly Principles of Freedom; Nothingness the Great Harmonizer; Freedom as Carefree Wandering; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

ISBN: 9781438472690 1438472692

Subjects--Personal Names:
Zhuangzi. Nanhua jing.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Nanhua jing (Zhuangzi)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nothing (Philosophy)
Néant (Philosophie)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Nothing (Philosophy)

LC Class. No.: BL1900.C576 / C46 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 299.5/1482