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Guo Xiang’s Metaphysics of Being and Action: On the Importance of Xing 性
Guo Xiang 郭象 (d. 312) holds a unique place in the history of Chinese thought. The only Zhuangzi we have access to is the version heavily edited, likely changed, and perhaps even rewritten by Guo Xiang. However, his commentary on this Daoist classic is not simply an explanation of what the Zhuangzi says, and in many ways, it is not even a development of
Paul J D'Ambrosio
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Guo Xiang and the Problem of Self-Cultivation in Daoist Naturalism [PDF]
Recent research on Daoism has distinguished various models of self-cultivation present in the tradition, in particular those which aim at returning humanity to a natural, spontaneous form of existence (often associated with early pre-Qin “philosophical” Daoism), and those which aim at transcending human nature through technical practices (often ...
Benjamin Coles
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Birds and Beasts in the Zhuangzi, Fables Interpreted by Guo Xiang and Cheng Xuanying [PDF]
Birds and beasts often appear in the Zhuangzi, in fables and parables meant to be read analogically as instructions for human thought and behavior. Whereas the analogical significance of some fables is obvious, in others it is obscure and in need of explication, and even the readily accessible can be made to yield more clarity thanks to commentaries ...
Richard John Lynn
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Taxonomic revision of the freshwater mussel subtribe Cristariina (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in China: description of a new species and new synonyms. [PDF]
Published as part of Chen, Hui, Qin, Wei-Hua, Du, Wen-Hui, Xiang, Hong-Quan, He, Yue-Ming, Guo, Ge, Chu, Ke-Lin & Wu, Xiao-Ping, 2026, Taxonomic revision of the freshwater mussel subtribe Cristariina (Bivalvia, Unionidae) in China: description of a new species and new synonyms, pp.
Chen H +7 more
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Since Feng Youlan and Tang Yongtong, scholars have mostly understood Guo Xiang’s “supreme nothing” (至無, zhi wu) as “non-existence”, arguing that by denying Dao as the origin of the universe, the philosophical tradition of Laozi, Zhuangzi, and Wang Bi, he strives to prove “self-generation” (自生, zi sheng) of all things.
Yuhan Gao
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The Lone-Transformation of God: Intuition, Identity and Immortality in Guo Xiang and Spinoza
Abstract In light of the publication of Brook Ziporyn’s monograph, Experiments in Mystical Atheism , the present article attempts a philosophical comparison of two key “mystical atheists”: the Chinese neo-Daoist Guo Xiang 郭象 (252–312) and the early modern Dutch philosopher ...
Paul Napier
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Background: We aimed to assess the retinal structural and choroidal changes in carotid artery stenosis (CAS) patients and their association with cerebral hemodynamic changes.
William Robert Kwapong +5 more
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Microvascular Changes in the Retina Correlate with MRI Markers in Patients with Early-Onset Dementia
Background and Aims: Recent reports suggest that results from imaging retinal microvascular changes with optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) in dementia patients reflect cerebral microcirculation changes that occur during dementia.
Ziyi Zhang +5 more
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Objective To determine whether revision laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy (RLKPE) is a viable treatment option for patients with biliary atresia (BA) who had undergone initially successful laparoscopic Kasai portoenterostomy (ILKPE).
Yi Ji +6 more
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In patients with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)—the subtype with the poorest prognosis among breast cancers—it is crucial to assess the response to the currently widely employed neoadjuvant treatment (NAT) approaches.
Siyu Wang +5 more
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