Order in Early Chinese Excavated Texts
Natural, Supernatural, and Legal Approaches
Published on 11. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
241 pages
978-1-349-56819-2 (ISBN)
Description
Recently discovered ancient silk and bamboo manuscripts have reformulated our understanding of ancient Chinese thought. They show that ancient Chinese philosophy was and is much richer and more complex than we ever imagined, and they chart the path from belief in powerful spirits and gods to the discovery of universal laws and order.
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2016 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-56819-2 (9781349568192)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-54084-3
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11/2015
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Persons
Zhongjiang Wang is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Peking University, China. His research focuses on Chinese philosophy. He is the author of Civilization of Bamboo-Silk and the Word of Ancient Thought (in Chinese).
Misha Tadd is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Peking University Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies under Tu Weiming. He studies Han dynasty Daoism.
Misha Tadd is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Peking University Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies under Tu Weiming. He studies Han dynasty Daoism.
Content
Prolegomena
1. The Cosmology of The Great One Births Water
2. Cosmology, Nature, and the Sage in All Things Are Forms in Flux
3. The Diversity of Eastern Zhou Views on Deities and The Divine Influence of Spirits and Gods
4. Natural Order and Divine Will in The Three Virtues
5. Huang-Lao ' 's Universal Law: Why Govern with the Way and Law?
Appendix 1: Transcription and Translation of The Great One Births Water
Appendix 2: Transcription and Translation of All Things are Forms in Flux
Appendix 3: Transcription and Translation of The Divine Insight of Spirit and Gods
Appendix 4: Transcription and Translation of The Three Virtues
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Index
1. The Cosmology of The Great One Births Water
2. Cosmology, Nature, and the Sage in All Things Are Forms in Flux
3. The Diversity of Eastern Zhou Views on Deities and The Divine Influence of Spirits and Gods
4. Natural Order and Divine Will in The Three Virtues
5. Huang-Lao ' 's Universal Law: Why Govern with the Way and Law?
Appendix 1: Transcription and Translation of The Great One Births Water
Appendix 2: Transcription and Translation of All Things are Forms in Flux
Appendix 3: Transcription and Translation of The Divine Insight of Spirit and Gods
Appendix 4: Transcription and Translation of The Three Virtues
Bibliography
Index