Zhang Zai's philosophy of Qi : a practical understanding / Jung-Yeup Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Jung-Yeup, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qi (Chinese philosophy).

Philosophy, Chinese--960-1644.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Zhang, Zai, 1020-1077.

Zhang, Zai.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-weight:bold;"">Jung-Yeup Kim</span><span> is assistant professor of philosophy at Kent State University.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; Chapter One: Introducing the Notion Qi, the Philosopher Zhang Zai, and the Text Zhengmeng (Rectifying the Ignorant); The Notion Qi 氣 as the Philosophical Theme of this Investigation; Rethinking the Significance of Zhang ZaiWithin Neo-Confucianism; The Organization of Rectifying the Ignorant (Zhengmeng); Notes; Chapter Two: Zhang Zai's Critique of the Buddhist; Zhang Zai's Understanding of Creativity (Cheng 誠); Zhang Zai's Critique of Buddhist Escapism; Zhang Zai's Confucian Argument for Creative Praxis; Notes

Chapter Three: Zhang Zai's Vertical Development of Qi and His Critique of the BuddhistThe Contemporary Understanding of Zhang Zai'sVertical Development of Qi Based on Substance Monism; More Proper Notions for Understanding Qi:Polarity, Correlativity, and Organic Unity; Zhang Zai's Vertical Development of Qiand his Critique of the Buddhist; Notes; Chapter Four: Zhang Zai's Critique of the Ordinary Person; Zhang Zai's Critique of the Ossified Awareness of the Ordinary Person; Zhang Zai's Confucian Argument for Creative Praxis; Notes

Chapter Five: Zhang Zai's Horizontal Development of Qi and His Critique of the Ordinary PersonThe Contemporary Understanding of Zhang Zai's Horizontal Development of Qi Based on Substance Monism; Zhang Zai's Horizontal Development of Qi and His Critique of the Ordinary Person; Zhang Zai's Horizontal Development of Qi as a Philosophy of Experience and Nature; Qi in Chinese Literary Thought; Absence of the Notion of Homogeneity in Zhang Zai's Understanding of Qi; Notes; Chapter Six: Zhang Zai and John Dewey on Realizing Vital Harmony; The Deweyian Artist as a Master ofRealizing Vital Harmony

The Confucian Exemplary Person/Sage as aMaster of Realizing Vital HarmonyDewey and Zhang Zai on RealizingVital Harmony in the Everyday; An Illustration: Analects 13.18; Notes; Chapter Seven: Zhang Zai and Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk's Philosophy of Ki; Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk's Philosophy of Ki; The Practical Implications ofSŏ Kyŏngdŏk's Philosophy of Ki; Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk's Philosophy of Ki as a Way of Life; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9237-X

OCLC:

904959925