Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries

Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries
Title Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries PDF eBook
Author Zhuangzi
Publisher Hackett Publishing
Pages 271
Release 2009-09-11
Genre Religion
ISBN 0872209113

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This volume is a translation of over two-thirds of the classic Daoist text Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), including the complete Inner Chapters and extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, plus judicious selections from 2000 years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. Brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index are also included.

Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings

Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings
Title Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings PDF eBook
Author Zhuangzi
Publisher Hackett Publishing
Pages 258
Release 2009-03-15
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1603841202

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Ideal for students and scholars alike, this edition of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) includes the complete Inner Chapters, extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, and judicious selections from two thousand years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. A glossary, brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, and an index are also included.

Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries

Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries
Title Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries PDF eBook
Author Zhuangzi
Publisher Hackett Publishing
Pages 260
Release 2009-09-11
Genre
ISBN 160384435X

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This volume is a translation of over two-thirds of the classic Daoist text Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), including the complete Inner Chapters and extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, plus judicious selections from 2000 years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. Brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index are also included.

The Complete Works of Zhuangzi

The Complete Works of Zhuangzi
Title The Complete Works of Zhuangzi PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Columbia University Press
Pages 369
Release 2013-11-26
Genre Religion
ISBN 0231164742

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Only by inhabiting Dao (the Way of Nature) and dwelling in its unity can humankind achieve true happiness and freedom, in both life and death. This is Daoist philosophy’s central tenet, espoused by the person—or group of people—known as Zhuangzi (369?-286? B.C.E.) in a text by the same name. To be free, individuals must discard rigid distinctions between good and bad, right and wrong, and follow a course of action not motivated by gain or striving. When one ceases to judge events as good or bad, man-made suffering disappears and natural suffering is embraced as part of life. Zhuangzi elucidates this mystical philosophy through humor, parable, and anecdote, deploying non sequitur and even nonsense to illuminate a truth beyond the boundaries of ordinary logic. Boldly imaginative and inventively worded, the Zhuangzi floats free of its historical period and society, addressing the spiritual nourishment of all people across time. One of the most justly celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition, the Zhuangzi is read by thousands of English-language scholars each year, yet only in the Wade-Giles romanization. Burton Watson’s pinyin romanization brings the text in line with how Chinese scholars, and an increasing number of other scholars, read it.

The Essential Mengzi

The Essential Mengzi
Title The Essential Mengzi PDF eBook
Author Mengzi
Publisher Hackett Publishing
Pages 217
Release 2009-03-13
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0872209857

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This abridged edition of Bryan Van Norden's translation of the Mengzi (Mencius) provides the most frequently studied portions of the work along with relevant passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi -- one of the most influential and insightful interpreters of Confucianism. A glossary and bibliography are also included.

John Dewey, Confucius, and Global Philosophy

John Dewey, Confucius, and Global Philosophy
Title John Dewey, Confucius, and Global Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Joseph Grange
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 154
Release 2012-02-01
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0791484874

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Joseph Grange's beautifully written book provides a unique synthesis of two major figures of world philosophy, John Dewey and Confucius, and points the way to a global philosophy based on American and Confucian values. Grange concentrates on the major themes of experience, felt intelligence, and culture to make the connections between these two giants of Western and Eastern thought. He explains why the Chinese called Dewey "A Second Confucius," and deepens our understanding of Confucius's concepts of the way (dao) of human excellence (ren). The important dimensions of American and Chinese cultural philosophy are welded into an argument that calls for the liberation of what is finest in both traditions. The work gives a new appreciation of fundamental issues facing Chinese and American relations and brings the opportunities and dangers of globalization into focus.

Mengzi

Mengzi
Title Mengzi PDF eBook
Author Mencius
Publisher
Pages 268
Release 2008
Genre Philosophy
ISBN

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Bryan Van Norden's new translation of the Mengzi (Mencius) is accurate, philosophically nuanced, and fluent. Accompanied by selected passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi--one of the most influential and insightful interpreters of Confucianism--this edition provides readers with a parallel to the Chinese practice of reading a classic text alongside traditional commentaries. Also included are an Introduction that situates Mengzi and Zhu Xi in their intellectual and social contexts; a glossary of names, places and important terms; a selected bibliography; and an index.