| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 361 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture |
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SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
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| Contents |
The Craft of a Chinese Commentator -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Wang Bi: A Biographical Sketch -- Wang Bi's Life -- Wang Bi's Afterlife -- 2. The System of the Classics -- A Sketch of Commentary Strategies duringthe Han Dynasty -- 3. Technique and the Philosophy of Structure: Interlocking Parallel Style in Laozi and Wang Bi -- Introduction -- The Discovery of Parallel Style in Western Scholarship -- The Problem: Molecular Coherence -- Open Interlocking Parallel Style in the Laozi -- Closed Interlocking Parallel Style in the Laozi |
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Interlocking Parallel Style in Early Texts: Outside the Laozi -- Interlocking Parallel Style in Wang Bi's Time -- Conclusion -- 4. Deconstructing and Constructing Meaning -- The Hidden Meaning -- The Implied Author and His Authority: Kongzi and Laozi -- The Status of the Laozi and the Texts Ascribed to Confucius -- The Implied Reader and His Education -- The Countertexts -- The Homogeneity Hypothesis -- The Potentiality of the Text: Comparing Different Commentary Constructions of the Laozi -- Example 1: Laozi 17.1 -- Example 2: Laozi 6 -- Example 3: Laozi 11 -- Conclusions |
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5. The Craft of Wang Bi's Commentary -- Introduction -- Integration of Commentary and Text -- Emphatic Rejection of Other Readings -- Explaining Metaphors, Similes, Comparisons, and Symbols -- Insertion of Subject -- Defining Terms through Equivalence -- Translating the Text -- Merging Terms and Structures -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
Wagner (Chinese studies, U. of Heidelberg, Germany) introduces a reading of the Laozi which differs greatly from the many translations currently available in the West, based on the work of Wang Bi (226-249), who dashed off a commentary on the Laozi and another on the Book of Changes -- two of the most enduring works of Chinese philosophy -- before his death at age 23. Wagner explores Wang Bi's craft as a scholarly commentator and as a philosopher in his own right, situating his work in the context of other competing commentaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-350) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Laozi. Dao de jing.
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Wang, Bi, 226-249. Laozi dao de jing zhu
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| SUBJECT |
Dao de jing (Laozi) fast |
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RELIGION -- Taoism.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585399298 |
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9780585399294 |
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9780791443958 |
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0791443957 |
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9780791493380 |
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0791493385 |
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