David Chai

Reading Ji Kang's Essays

Xuanxue in Early Medieval China

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the first systematic treatment of Ji Kang's philosophy, filling a significant gap in English-language scholarship on early medieval Chinese literature and philosophy. Chai brings to light Ji Kang's Neo-Daoist heritage and explores his philosophical reflections on music, aesthetics, ethics, self-cultivation, and fate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780367353636
• ISBN-10: 0367353636
• Artikelnr.: 62229495

Autorenporträt

David Chai is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness (2019) and editor of Daoist Encounters with Phenomenology: Thinking Interculturally about Human Existence (2020) and Dao Companion to Xuanxue [Neo-Daoism] (2020). Professor Chai is also the author of numerous papers on Chinese and comparative philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Ji Kang's Life and Works
Chapter 1. Music and Emotion
Chapter 2. Ethics
Chapter 3. Learning
Chapter 4. Health and Self-Cultivation
Chapter 5. Fortunes of Life