Notions of time in Chinese historical thinking:
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Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hong Kong Chinese University Press c2006
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-219) and index -- Based on papers presented at an international conference held in Taipei, Taiwan in May 2000
Angaben zum Inhalt: "Time" is a basic subject to humanistic enquiry and understanding Chinese notions of time in their own terms and comparatively is an important endeavour. This collection of essays engages Chinese ways of conceiving "time" from a variety of perspectives: philosophical, historical, and anthropological being the most salient. Although some of the texts and issues discussed in this book are widely regarded as rather metaphysical, such as the Yijing (Book of Changes) and the "dualism and monism of change", even here a healthy respect for the concrete, the particular, and the lived experience of individuals in history is preserved. As the great eighteenth-century philosopher of history, Zhang Xuecheng, taught, the Dao (the Way) could hardly be approached or apprehended except by way of concrete things. The subject matter therefore straddles several disciplines, and individual essays will be of interest to different clusters of scholars. It is also a stimulating boo
Beschreibung:xix, 223 p. maps 24 cm
ISBN:9629962225

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