Textual Patterns and Cosmic Designs in Early China

Via a hermeneutics focused on Chinese numerology and concentric arrangements, the book offers a novel construal of the textual universe proper to early China writings.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Shaping and Numbering 2: Orbiting the Huainanzi 3: The Zhuangzi's Inner Chapters: Thinking within and outside Circles 4: Confucius and the Hen-Pheasant 5: The Laozi as a Topological Space

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Benoît Vermander is professor of religious anthropology at Fudan University (Shanghai), where he also teaches the hermeneutic of Chinese Classics. He heads the Xu-Ricci Dialogue Institute in the same university. His research interests and publications focus on cross-cultural hermeneutic, comparative classics, and Chinese religiosities.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Benoit Vermander, Benoît Vermander
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032735504
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273550-4
• Seiten: 172
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Weitere Weltreligionen; China, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Chinese, Literary studies: general, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600