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Yùyán is an important part of the legacy of pre-Qin Chinese literature, and is widely used in persuasive texts of the late Warring States Period. These narratives closely resemble Western parables, especially of the New Testament tradition.
Marcin Jacoby
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Philosophical challenges of decolonial options, resistance, and combat
Abstract This article examines the benefits and challenges of integrating decolonisation into philosophy. Its thesis is that a decolonial approach must address not only what decolonisation entails but also how to implement it methodologically. While the analysis of ethnocentrism in philosophy is crucial, it is insufficient if it remains confined to ...
Massimiliano Lacertosa
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Tao is hidden and nameless: Exploring the mysticism path of Laozi and Zhuangzi
The contemporary interpretation of Lao-Zhuang’s thought reveals a multidimensional dialogue between tradition and modernity, the local and the exotic, and East and West.
Yue Sun, Yuehua Chen
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Universal Coherence of Elements in River‐Fed Earth‐Human Systems
Abstract Elements are the indelible imprint left by the Earth on rivers and life entities. Here, we unveil the evident inheritance of persistent elements, from the Earth's upper continental crust, through the Yellow River, to the associated life entities along a 5,200 km continuum of the Mother River of the Chinese nation. In particular, we confirm the
Yidi Wang +9 more
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An integrated historical study on human–tiger interactions in China 中国人虎互动关系的综合性历史研究
Tigers are important for maintaining a variety of life in the world as they are the top predators in the food chain. Human–wildlife conflict, including conflicts between humans and tigers, has been a global issue throughout history. This article focuses on human–tiger interactions in China, discussing various types of conflicts and measures for ...
Zhihong Cao +4 more
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The phenomenon of customer incivility poses significant challenges for frontline employees whose expression of emotion determines the service experience.
Pengfei Cheng, Zhuangzi Liu
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Conventionalist Accounts of Personal Identity Over Time
Abstract Conventionalism about personal identity over time is the view that personal identity is in some sense dependent on our beliefs, desires, social practices, or language use (collectively: on our “conventions”). This paper provides an opinionated survey of the state of the art about personal identity conventionalism.
David Mark Kovacs
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Forgetting: Its Meaning in the Zhuangzi’s Philosophy of Self-Cultivation
The significance of forgetting in the Zhuangzi and its methodological significance for living a good life in particular has long been recognized by Zhuangzian scholars.
Ziqiang Bai
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Ritual and university education: Systemic coexistence after COVID‐19
Abstract This paper explores the realm of university education after COVID‐19, in which there is a perceived need to manage the ‘old’ and the ‘new’. The paper brings two different systems approaches to that end: the systems theory of autopoiesis and the systems identity technology of profilicity.
José‐Rodrigo Córdoba‐Pachón
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Beauty and Dao: The Transcendental Expressions of Nature from Emerson’s Prose and the Zhuangzi
As an aesthetic resource in ancient China, the Zhuangzi’s description of Dao is similar to the American philosopher Emerson’s experience of beauty, and both reveal that the essence of beauty lies in its inherent vitality, spiritual transcendence, and the
Xuehong Jia, Dongyue Wu
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