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Complexity, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 The cultural element is the minimum unit of a cultural system. The systematic categorizing, organizing, and retrieval of the traditional Chinese cultural elements are essential prerequisites for the realization of effective extracting and rational utilization, as well as the prerequisite for exploiting the contemporary value of the traditional Chinese ...
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A New Study on Features Exploring of the Concept of Wen and Zhi in Lao-Zhuang’s Philosophy
Religions, 2023 For a long time, scholars have been applying the view of Confucius on Wen (文) and Zhi (質), centering on liyi (rites and rituals 禮儀) and renyi (benevolence and righteousness 仁義), to the Daoist concepts of them.
Shangkun Ji, Yongfeng Huang
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What Is Global Laozegetics?: Origins, Contents, and Significance
Religions, 2022 Mainstream scholarship on the Laozi or Daodejing generally focuses on the “original” text and its “original” meaning. However, the Chinese study of Laoxue 老學 (translated here with the author’s neologism “Laozegetics”) offers a valuable alternative, as it
Misha Tadd
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Avoiding the Trap of Parallelism: Interlocking Parallel Style in the Interpretation of Laozi 29
Religions, 2022 The present paper deals with a specific argumentative feature found in the Laozi, namely, “interlocking parallel style” or IPS. It shows how knowledge of this structure can be helpful for the understanding and interpretation of the text. At the same time,
Andrej Fech
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Religions, 2023 This paper proposes examining the central notion of Oneness (一 yi) in Daoist thought by offering an analysis of its uses in the early writings of the Daoist tradition, beginning with the Laozi 老子 and the Zhuangzi 莊子 before moving on to Huang-Lao 黃老 texts.
Xiaojiao Cui
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Analysis of Andrey Platonov’s works from the point of view of Taoism [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Филология, ЖурналистикаThis study aims to identify and analyze points of convergence between the philosophical content in the works of the Soviet writer Andrei Platonov (1899–1951) and the core concepts of Chinese Taoism.
Liu, Yue
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A Philosophy of Moderation: The “Center” as an Interpretive Key to the Lao–Zhuang Texts
Religions, 2023 The “center” is a key concept in early Chinese philosophy. While readings of the Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子 often rely on concepts of “nature” and the “natural”, this article proposes the “center” as an interpretive key that informs discussion of ...
Rory O’Neill, Riccardo Peruzzi
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Moral agent in the Laozi and Plato [PDF]
, 2020 The theory of the moral agent is the normative theory which prescribes actions following the higher authority. In this thesis, I conduct a comparative analysis of Plato and the Laozi to uncover what they say about the moral agent.
Guan, Yinlin
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Estudios de Asia y África, 2022 Filippo Costantini. 2021. El Dao de la sabiduría: análisis y comparación de los tres comentarios más influyentes del Laozi Daodejing. Puntarenas: Editorial de la Sede del Pacífico.
Flora Botton Beja
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Religions, 2022 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
Yuhan Gao
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