The Chinese Philosophy of Fate
Title | The Chinese Philosophy of Fate PDF eBook |
Author | Yixia Wei |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2017-10-19 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 981104371X |
This book is based on the study of the traditional Chinese philosophy, and explores the relationship between philosophy and people’s fate. The book points out that heaven is an eternal topic in Chinese philosophy. The concept of heaven contains religious implications and reflects the principles the Chinese people believed in and by which they govern their lives. The traditional Chinese philosophy of fate is conceptualized into the "unification of Heaven and man". Different interpretations of the inter-relationships between Heaven, man and their unification mark different schools of the traditional Chinese philosophy. This book identifies 14 different schools of theories in this regard. And by analyzing these schools and theories, it summarizes the basic characteristics of traditional Chinese philosophy, compares the Chinese philosophy of fate with the Western one, and discusses the relationship between philosophy and man’s fate.
Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination
Title | Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2020-04-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004427570 |
The essays collected in Fate and Prognostication in the Chinese Literary Imagination deal with the issues hidden in the Chinese conception of fate as represented in literary texts and films, with a focus placed on human efforts to solve the riddles of fate prediction.
Ming
Title | Ming PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen Magill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Philosophy, Chinese |
ISBN |
Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane
Title | Heaven and Earth Are Not Humane PDF eBook |
Author | Franklin Perkins |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2014-05-23 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0253011760 |
That bad things happen to good people was as true in early China as it is today. Franklin Perkins uses this observation as the thread by which to trace the effort by Chinese thinkers of the Warring States Period (c.475-221 BCE), a time of great conflict and division, to seek reconciliation between humankind and the world. Perkins provides rich new readings of classical Chinese texts and reflects on their significance for Western philosophical discourse.
Books of Fate and Popular Culture in Early China
Title | Books of Fate and Popular Culture in Early China PDF eBook |
Author | Donald John Harper |
Publisher | Handbook of Oriental Studies. |
Pages | 517 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9789004310193 |
Books of Fate and Popular Culture in Early China is a comprehensive introduction to the daybook manuscripts found in Warring States, Qin, and Han tombs (453 BCE-220 CE) and intended for use in daily life.
The Magnitude of Ming
Title | The Magnitude of Ming PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Lupke |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Few ideas in Chinese discourse are as ubiquitous as ming, variously understood as "command," "allotted lifespan," "fate," or "life." This volume assembles twelve essays by some of the most eminent scholars currently working in Chinese studies to consider ming's broad web of meanings
Confucian China and Its Modern Fate
Title | Confucian China and Its Modern Fate PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Richmond Levenson |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 644 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |