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Philosophy and religion in early medieval China / edited by Alan K.L. Chan and Yuet-Keung Lo.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Chinese Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (v, 375 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781441668424
  • 144166842X
  • 1438431872
  • 9781438431871
  • 1438431899
  • 9781438431895
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Philosophy and religion in early medieval China.DDC classification:
  • 201/.6109510902 22
LOC classification:
  • BL1803 .P55 2010eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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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, andSummary: Discussing the relationship between religious Daoism and Buddhism --Book Jacket.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)332561

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Print version record.

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.