Unlocking the Chinese Gate: Manifestations of the Space In-between in Early China (Suny in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

Contents List of Illustrations Notes on Chinese Language and Translation A (Semipersonal) Preface Introduction What Is Significant about Gates? Cultural Gaps in Interpretation Chinese Correlative thinking, xiang Thinking, and Concentric Circles The Warp and Weft of the Chinese Gate: A Succinct Abstract List of Primary Sources Textual Gate men 門 The Rationale Underlying the Arrangement of the Book and a Succinct Description of Its Chapters Chapter 1 Chinese Gates in Fourfold Context: Observation, “Existential Thought,” Spatiality, Etymology Chinese Spatiality Etymology of men 門 and Associated Concepts Chapter 2 Gates of Creation: Correlates between Man, Text, and Cosmos Chapter 3 Gates to Inner Formlessness Chapter 4 Should I Open or Close My Gate? An Individual’s Home, Mouth, and Mind The Front Gate of One’s Private Home The Master’s Front Gate Is Open The Mouth as Gate Chapter 5 Gates to Sociomoral Order and Distinctions The Longing to Break Gender Division: The Half-Open Gate Chapter 6 The Gate as Authority: The Construction of Order and Control Gates on the Roads: Journey as dao In Praise of Protecting Rulership Gates as Warfare Strategy A Scheduled Barrier: The Gates of the Chinese City Chapter 7 Destroy the Mind Barrier! An Opportunity for Personal Transformation Laozi at the Gate The (Formless and Nonexistent) Barrier (in the Mind) Discussion and Further Reflections: A Chinese Gate’s Resolution Notes Bibliography Index