The Quest for Ecstatic Morality in Early China

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Holloway is Associate Professor of History and Levenson Professor of Asian Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Klappentext We are accustomed to the idea that emotions need to be controlled, but the Chinese text "Xing zi mingchu" (300 B.C.E) argues that setting them free allows us to develop our qing. Although the development is completed with the help of the classics, the result is a personal connection to the Dao. Zusammenfassung We are accustomed to the idea that emotions need to be controlled, but the Chinese text "Xing zi mingchu" (300 B.C.E) argues that setting them free allows us to develop our qing. Although the development is completed with the help of the classics, the result is a personal connection to the Dao.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth W. Holloway
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2013
• EAN: 9780199744824
• ISBN: 978-0-19-974482-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, RELIGION / History, PHILOSOPHY / Taoist, History of Religion, RELIGION / Taoism, BCE to c 500 CE, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, BCE period – Protohistory, Taoism