Huai-nan Tzu: Philosophical Synthesis In Early Han Thought : The Idea Of Resonance (kan-ying) With A Translation And Analysis Of Chapter Six = [huai-nan Tzu] Project Muse Upcc Books

Huai-nan Tzu (139BC) was viewed, for its great diversity of subject-matter, ideas and style, by traditional Chinese scholars as a composite work of the Eclectic School. It is the author's contention, however, that one overriding concern pervades the work: the attempt to define the essential conditions for a Taoist political utopianism. The present study emphasizes Chapter Six of Huai-nan Tzu in expounding the theory of kan-ying STIMULUS-RESPONSE; RESONANCE, which postulates that all things in the universe are interrelated and influence each other according to pre-set patterns. Only in the True Man, who is 'one with Tao' and 'attuned to the cosmos', does kan-ying attain its ultimate realization, 'the Great Peace' and 'the Great Merging'. After all, ' concludes the author, ' it is in Huai-nan Tzu that we find the statement' "The relation of the Sage to Tao is like the relation of the sunflower to the sun; although they cannot be together all the time, the fidelity of their tendency never wavers." Acknowledgements Table of Contents Foreword Introduction The Nature of Huai-nan Tzu Historical and Cultural Background Object and Method of This Study The Field of Huai-nan Tzu Studies Part One: Historical and Textual Studies Chapter I. Liu An and the Authorship of Huai-nan Tzu Chapter II. The Transmission of Huai-nan Tzu Chapter III. Han Commentaries on Huai-nan Tzu Chapter IV. The Sources of Huai-nan Tzu Part Two: Translation and Interpretation Chapter V. Translation of Huai-nan Tzu 6 and Commentary Chapter VI. The Idea of Kan-Ying in Huai-nan Tzu Conclusion. Charles Le Blanc. Parallel Title In Chinese Characters. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [217]-239.