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This Companion is the first volume to provide a comprehensive introduction, in accessible English, to the Neo-Confucian philosophical thought of representative Chinese thinkers from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries. It brings together nineteen essays on a range of topics in Neo-Confucian philosophy, embracing natural and speculative philosophy through to virtue ethics and political philosophy. Written for undergraduate and postgraduate university students in philosophy and Chinese history courses, as well as academics, the Companion is distinguished by several features: It demonstrates the key role played by philosophical discourse in Neo-Confucian self-cultivation; it evidences the fundamental connections that were posited between morality in human society and its cosmological and ontological underpinnings; and it provides detailed insights into changing perspectives on key philosophical concepts and their relationship with one another.
Philosophy --- Taoisme --- Confucius --- Neo-Confucianism
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Éminent historien du taoïsme, Franciscus Verellen nous livre ici la première grande étude de la haute religion de la Chine dans sa phase de formation. S'appuyant sur le vaste corpus de textes conservés dans le Canon taoïste, et en dialogue avec les écritures du bouddhisme, ce travail élève les recherches sur le taoïsme au rang de celles sur les autres grandes religions du monde. Avec une érudition hors pair, l'auteur nous révèle un univers passionnant de pratiques individuelles et collectives, physiques et mystiques, sans dogmatisme et ouvert aux femmes et hommes de tous les horizons ». Kristofer Schipper, membre de l'Académie royale néerlandaise des arts et des sciences Parcourant huit siècles de l'histoire de la Chine, ce livre nous plonge dans la vision taoïste de l'humanité et de sa destinée. Les sources historiques du Moyen Âge chinois dépeignent un monde englouti par le mal, où l'existence humaine est gagée dès la naissance et accablée davantage au cours de la vie par une accumulation de dettes, ici-bas et dans l'au-delà. La propagation du bouddhisme vient bousculer la pensée chinoise sur les causes de la souffrance, la nature du mal et les visées de la rédemption. S'appuyant sur des textes de prière, des sermons liturgiques et des récits de témoignage, Franciscus Verellen conte comment sacrements taoïstes, pratiques de dévotion, rituels et exercices thérapeutiques agissaient sur le monde invisible pour surmonter l'angoisse liée à la perte, à la maladie, à la mort, et pour faire passer des ténèbres à la lumière l'« homme intérieur », affranchi, purifié, guéri.
Taoïsme --- Rites et cérémonies --- Histoire.
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Présentation et extraits commentés des grands textes des principales traditions spirituelles chinoises : l'école taoïste, l'école confucéenne et la voie chinoise du Bouddha. -- [Renaud-Bray]
Philosophie chinoise --- Taoïsme --- Confucianisme --- Bouddhisme
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Taoism --- Taoism. --- Taoïsme --- Liezi --- Appréciation.
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Philosophy --- tai chi --- Taoisme --- filosofie
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This book reinterprets classical Chinese philosophical tradition along the conceptual line of human dignity. Through extensive textual evidence, it illustrates that classical Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism contained rich notions of dignity, which laid the foundation for human rights and political liberty in China, even though, historically, liberal democracy failed to grow out of the authoritarian soil in China. The book critically examines the causes that might have prevented the classical schools from developing a liberal tradition, while affirming their positive contributions to the human dignity concept. Analysing the inadequacies of the western concept of human dignity, the text covers relevant teachings of Kongzi, Mengzi, Xunzi, Mozi, Laozi, and Zhuangzi (in comparison with Rousseau). While the Confucian notions of humanity (Ren), righteousness (Yi), and gentleman (Junzi) bear most directly on the conception of dignity, Mohism and Daoism provide salutary corrections to the ossification of the orthodox Confucian practice (Li).
Philosophy --- Taoisme --- filosofie --- Confucius --- Asia
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This book collects the 25 most important articles written by Professor Tang since the 1980s, dealing extensively with issues of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity and Chinese culture. In these articles, Professor Tang proves his value as a worthy successor to the Chinese philosophical tradition, while also open to the latest trends of thought both at home and abroad. The late Professor Tang Yijie (1927-2014) was a prominent professor at Peking University and China’s top scholar on philosophy and Chinese studies. He spearheaded the Confucian Canon project (**), which seeks to compile all known classical works on Confucianism, comparable in scope and significance to the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries (****), the largest collection of books on Chinese history, which was commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor in the 18th century. Throughout his life, Professor Tang published scores of books and more than one hundred articles, offering enlightening insights into how to deal with issues that have historically troubled and continue to trouble people in modern society. Among his numerous innovations, Professor Tang is especially remembered for introducing the concept of “harmony in diversity”(****). In the context of “the clash of civilizations” championed by Samuel P. Huntington, Tang argued for harmony in diversity, holding that this principle can offer some clues to help enable peoples, nations, and regions with different cultural traditions to develop together while remaining unique. note: * represents Chinese character, please refer to BCC file. .
Religious studies --- Taoisme --- godsdienstfilosofie --- Confucius
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‘Kijk, je kunt het niet zien; luister, je kunt het niet horen; tast, je kunt het niet aanraken.’ Taoïstische teksten zoals deze uit de Daodejing blinken uit in gewilde obscuriteit. Over Lao Zi, de mythische stichter van het taoïsme, wordt dan ook gezegd dat hij zich toelegde op het verborgen blijven. Dit elementaire deeltje belicht de duisternis van deze Chinese filosofie aan de hand van de belangrijkste taoïstische auteurs en gedachten. Tegelijkertijd wordt de onpeilbaarheid van het taoïsme gerespecteerd, want: ‘De Weg (Tao) die genoemd kan worden, is niet de permanente Weg.’
Philosophy --- Comparative religion --- Taoisme --- China