The inner chapters of the "Zhuangzi" : with copious annotations from the Chinese commentaries / Christoph Harbsmeier & John R. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harbsmeier, Christoph, author.

Williams, John R., 1940- author.

Series:

Lun Wen ; 1610-711X Bd. 27.

Lun Wen, Studien zur Geistesgeschichte und Literatur in China, 1610-711X ; Bd. 27

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Taoism.

Zhuangzi. Nanhua jing.

Zhuangzi.

Taoist philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Taoist philosophy.

Taoism--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

x, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Otto Harrassowitz, [2024]

Language Note:

Original text in Chinese, with parallel English translation; critical matter in English.

Summary:

This book is the first interlinear bilingual edition of the core Inner Chapters of the book Zhuangzi, which must be counted among the most famous texts in Chinese intellectual and literary history. A special feature of this edition is that it follows the specific rhythm and rhyme of the text in the translation, making it possible to experience the particular style of this most exciting of the ancient Chinese philosophers. An extensive introduction explains the history and the literary nature of the text, and in particular it tells the story of how this text was appreciated and commented upon in China and translated into foreign languages through the ages. Extensive footnotes are provided to enable Western readers to read the text through the eyes of the enthusiastic Chinese commentators who have annotated the text over the centuries: traditional Chinese literary as well as philosophical commentaries are presented in detail in the original classical Chinese and in translation. For the general reader this book will offer a rare opportunity to approach one of the most outrageously unconventional texts of world literature with the philosophical and philological perspectives of the greatest of its literate Chinese connoisseurs. For the student of Chinese this book will serve as a bilingual cornucopia of spirited classical Chinese discourse on a fiercely contested and always controversially discussed crucial text in the Daoist tradition of ancient China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-257).

ISBN:

3447120576

9783447120579

OCLC:

1417268503