TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chan,Alan Kam-leung
AU  - Lo,Yuet Keung
TI  - Philosophy and religion in early medieval China
T2  - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SN  - 9781441668424
AV  - BL1803 .P55 2010eb
U1  - 201/.6109510902 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Taoism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Philosophy and religion
KW  - Bouddhisme
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Jusqu'à 1500
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Gaia & Earth Energies
KW  - fast
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Religion
KW  - 221 B.C.-960 A.D
KW  - Vie intellectuelle
KW  - 221 av. J.-C.-960
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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