Canon of Supreme Mystery by Yang Hsiung

A Translation with Commentary of the T'ai hsüan ching by Michael Nylan

AvMichael Nylan

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Translation of the first grand synthesis of classic Chinese thought.This is a translation, with a commentary and a long contextualizing introduction, of the only major work of Han (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) philosophy that is still available in complete form. It is the first translation of the work into a European language and provides unique access to this formative period in Chinese history. Because Yang Hsiung's interpretations drew upon a variety of pre-Han sources and then dominated Confucian learning until the twelfth century, this text is also a valuable resource on early Chinese history, philosophy, and culture beyond the Han period.The T'ai hsüan is also one of the world's great philosophic poems comparable in scale and grandeur to Lucretius' De rerum naturum. Nathan Sivin has written that this is one of the titles on the short list of Chinese books every cultivated person should read.Han thinkers saw in this text a compelling restatement of Confucian doctrine that addressed the major objections posed by rival schools including Mohism, Taoism, Legalism and Yin-Yang Five Phase Theory. Since this Han amalgam formed the basis for the state ideology of China from 134 B.C. to 1911, an ideology that in turn provided the intellectual foundations for the Japanese and Korean states, the importance of this book can hardly be overestimated.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 48 mm
Vikt:943 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Antal sidor:680
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791413968

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Michael Nylan is Professor of Modern and Ancient Chinese Studies at Bryn Mawr College.

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Preface Introduction General Introduction to the Mystery TextOn the Term "Mystery"A Capsule Biography of Yang HsiungThe Mystery in the Tradition of the ChangesThe Arrangement of the MysterySignificant Structure in the MysteryThe First Seven HeadsNo. 1. Center - 18, No. 2. Full Circle - 19, No. 3. Mired - 19, No. 4. Barrier - 19, No. 5. Small - 20, No. 6. Contrariety - 20, No. 7. Ascent - 21Every Tenth HeadNo. 1. Center - 22, No. 11. Divergence - 22, No. 21. Release - 22, No. 31. Packing - 23, No. 41. Response - 23, No. 51. Constancy - 24, No. 61. Embellishment - 24, No. 71. Stoppage - 25, No. 81. Nurturing - 25, General Commentary - 26 Method of Divination of the MysteryInterpretation Following DivinationOn Luck and Divination in the MysteryThe Mystery as Divination ClassicEarly Notions of Ming: The Historical Background to the Problem of FateYang Hsiung's Solution to the Problem of MingPropositions About Time, Luck, and VirtueThe Intellectual Debts of Yang's New ClassicYang's Mystery as a Chinese SummaContra the RelativistsContra the Immortality SeekersContra the Proponents of "Change as the Only Constant"Contra PredestinationContra the Mantic SpecialistsConclusionKey TermsThe Five Classics of ConfucianismOn Ch'iYin/yang Five Phases Theory: Correlative ThoughtSelf-Cultivation"Center Heart"RitualThe Meaning of ChenOn the Style of the BookGlossary for the Introductory SectionsNames of PeopleConcepts and TermsTranslation of the T'AI HSÜAN CHING List of TetragramsNo. 1. CenterNo. 2. Full CircleNo. 3. MiredNo. 4. BarrierNo. 5. Keeping SmallNo. 6. ContrarietyNo. 7. AscentNo. 8. OppositionNo. 9. Branching OutNo. 10. Defectiveness/DistortionNo. 11. DivergenceNo. 12. YouthfulnessNo. 13. IncreaseNo. 14. PenetrationNo. 15. ReachNo. 16. ContactNo. 17. Holding BackNo. 18. WaitingNo. 19. FollowingNo. 20. AdvanceNo. 21. ReleaseNo. 22. ResistanceNo. 23. EaseNo. 24. JoyNo. 25. ContentionNo. 26. EndeavorNo. 27. DutiesNo. 28. ChangeNo. 29. DecisivenessNo. 30. Bold ResolutionNo. 31. PackingNo. 32. LegionNo. 33. ClosenessNo. 34. KinshipNo.35. GatheringNo.36. StrengthNo.37. PurityNo.38. FullnessNo.39. ResidenceNo.40. Law/ModelNo.41. ResponseNo.42. Going To MeetNo.43. EncountersNo.44. StoveNo.45. GreatnessNo.46. EnlargementNo.47. PatternNo.48. RitualNo.49. FlightNo.50. Vastness/WastingNo.51. ConstancyNo.52. MeasureNo.53. EternityNo.54. Unityo.55. DiminishmentNo.56. Closed MouthNo.57. GuardednessNo.58. Closing InNo.59. MassingNo.60. AccumulationNo.61. EmbellishmentNo.62. DoubtNo.63. WatchNo.64. SinkingNo.65. InnerNo.66. DepartureNo.67. DarkeningNo.68. DimmingNo.69. ExhaustionNo.70. SeveranceNo.71. StoppageNo.72. HardnessNo.73. CompletionNo.74. ClosureNo.75. FailureNo.76. AggravationNo. 77. ComplianceNo. 78. On the VergeNo. 79. DifficultiesNo. 80. LaboringNo. 81. FosteringLeap Year DifferentialsAutocommentaries Polar Oppositions of the Mystery: Hsüan ch'ungInterplay of Opposites in the Mystery: Hsüan ts'oEvolution of the Mystery: Hsüan liIllumination of the Mystery: Hsüan yingNumbers of the Mystery: Hsüan shuElaboration of the Mystery: Hsüan wenRepresentations of the Mystery: Hsüan yiDiagram of the Mystery: Hsüan t'uRevelation of the Mystery: Hsüan kaoNotes Bibliography Partial Index of Common Images Index

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