The contemplative foundations of classical Daoism / Harold D. Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Harold David, author.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taoism--History.

Taoism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (574 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021].

Summary:

Brings early Daoist writings into conversation with contemporary contemplative studies.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Permissions

Introduction

Part I: Contemplative Foundations and Textual Methods

Part II: Contemplative Foundations and Philosophical Contexts

Chapter 1 Psychology and Self-Cultivation in Early Daoistic Thought

The Guanzi Texts

"Neiye" ("Inward Training")

"Xinshu shang" (The Techniques of the Mind, Part I)

"Xinshu xia" (Techniques of the Mind, Part II)

The Huainanzi

Human Nature

The Physiological Basis of Human Experience

The Vital Essence

The Numen

The Numinous Essence

Conclusions

Chapter 2 Who Compiled the Zhuangzi 子?

The Lineage of the Syncretists

Sima Tan's Essay

Three Daoistic Essays in the Guanzi

The Thought of the Syncretists in Context

Technical Terminology

The Way of Heaven

The Way of Heaven and Earth

Nei Sheng Wai Wang 內 外王: The Harmony of the Psychological and the Political

Stillness

Stillness and Motion

The Political Philosophy of the Syncretists

Nourishing the Myriad Things

Comprehending the Patterns of Heaven

Political Syncretism

Concluding Remarks

Did a Syncretist Author Compile the Zhuangzi?

"Textual Shuffling" in the Syncretist Zhuangzi

The Zhuangzi at Huainan

The Date of Compilation of the Zhuangzi

Final Conclusions

Chapter 3 Redaction Criticism and the Early History of Daoism

Some Hypotheses on the Early History of Daoism

Four Daoist Essays in the Guanzi

Linguistic Data for Comparative Dating

The Structure of "Xinshu xia"

Redaction Strategies and the Ideology of "Xinshu xia"

Redaction Strategies in the Borrowed Material

Ideological Emendations

Rhetorical Emendation

Transposition

Semantic Recontextualization

Omission.

Addition

Redaction Strategies in the Original Material

Linking

Expository Commentary

Framing

Implications

Appendix: The Text of "Xinshu xia" with "Neiye" Parallels

Chapter 4 Evidence for Stages of Meditation in Early Daoism

A Common Rhetorical Structure in Early Daoist Passages on Meditative Stages

Analysis

Chapter 5 The Yellow Emperor's Guru: A Narrative Analysis from Zhuangzi 子 11

A Narrative Analysis of Zhuangzi 11/28-44

Summary of the Story

The Rhetorical Structure of the Story

The Plot and Setting

The Characters and Their Symbolism

The Ideology and Rhetoric of the Narrative

The Point of View of the Author

The Literary and Philosophical Context of the Narrative

The Narrative's Location in the Zhuangzi

The Narrative's Purpose in the Zhuangzi

Conclusions: The Significance of the Narrative for the Early History of Daoism

Appendix: Guang Chengzi's Instructions on Inner Cultivation:

Chapter 6 Revisiting Angus C. Graham's Scholarship on the Zhuangzi 子

Rearrangement of the Text

Redaction Criticism

The Problem of Zhuangzi's Syncretists

The Problem of Zhuangzi's Primitivist

The Problem of Zhuangzi's Yangists

The Problem of Chuang Tzu 16, "Menders of Nature" (Shanxing 繕性)

Conclusion

Chapter 7 Daoist Inner Cultivation Thought and the Textual Structure of the Huainanzi 淮南子

The Inner Cultivation Tradition

Inner Cultivation Practices

Posture and Breathing: "Sitting and Forgetting"

Resultant States: Temporary Experiences of a Transformative Nature

Resultant Traits: Ongoing Cognitive Alterations

Inner Cultivation in the Huainanzi

The Root-Branch Structure of the Text

Cosmology and Inner Cultivation in the "Root Chapters" of the Huainanzi.

Inner Cultivation in the "Root Passages" of Each Chapter

Chapter 8 The Laozi 子 in the Context of Early Daoist Mystical Praxis

Historical Context

Theoretical Context: Mysticism, Meditation, and the Laozi

Mystical Praxis in the Laozi

Mysticism and Meditation in Early Daoism

Mystical Techniques in the Laozi

Introvertive Mystical Experience in the Laozi: The Profound Merging

Extrovertive Mystical Experience in the Laozi: Holding Fast to the One

Laozi 10 as a Summary of Mystical Praxis

Chapter 9 Bimodal Mystical Experience in the "Qi wu lun" 物 of Zhuangzi 子

Mystical Praxis in the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi

Skepticism in the "Qi wu lun"

Two Distinctive Modes of Consciousness in the "Qi wu lun"

Introvertive Mystical Experience in the "Qi wu lun"

Great Knowledge

Chapter 10 Nature and Self-Cultivation in Huainanzi's 淮南子" Yuan Dao" 原 (Originating in the Way)

On the Nature of the Way (1/1/3-24)

Cosmic Rulership: The Ability of Great Rulers to Merge the Spiritual and Political Orders (1/1/26-2/11)

The Inherent Spontaneity of the Natural World (1/2/13-3/13)

Contrasting the Heavenly (Natural) and the Human (1/3/15-4/10)

Self-Cultivation and Non-Striving (1/4/10-5/8)

Self-Cultivation and Timely Action (1/5/8-23)

The Normative Metaphor of Water (1/5/25-6/7)

Cultivating The One (1/6/11-7/2)

Inner Cultivation and its Personal Benefits (1/7/4-8/9)

Inner Cultivation and the Benefits it Confers on the Ruler (1/8/10-9/13)

Techniques of the Mind: Underlying Principles of Inner Cultivation (1/9/15-10/10)

Afterward

Chapter 11 The Classical Daoist Concept of Li 理 (Pattern) and Early Chinese Cosmology

Introduction: Li, Jade, and Cosmology.

Jade as Symbol and Metaphor

Classical Non-Daoist Sources on Li

Inner Cultivation and Classical Daoism

Li in the Classical Works of Daoism

Laozi (ca. 275 B.C.E.)

Zhuangzi (ca. 300-140 B.C.E.)

Guanzi "Neiye" (ca. 330 B.C.E.)

Li in the Huainanzi 淮南子

Chapter 12 Cognitive Attunement in the Zhuangzi 子

Contemplative Phenomenology

Cognitive Attunement in the Zhuangzi

Cognitive Attunement in the "Qi wu lun"

Chapter 13 Against Cognitive Imperialism: A Call for a Non-Ethnocentric Approach to Cognitive Science and Religious Studies

Unreflective Ethnocentrism and Cognitive Imperialism

Historicist Reductionism: The Reigning Paradigm in the Study of Religion

The Intersubjective Universe

The Vision from Classical China

New Developments in Cognitive Science

The Field of Contemplative Studies

Afterword The "Contemplative Hermeneutic" and the Problem of Zhuangzi's Inner Chapters

Notes

Appendix 1: The Chapters of the Zhuangzi

Appendix 2: The Chapters of the Huainanzi

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781438482729

1438482728

OCLC:

1249498117