Dao and Time : Classical Philosophy / edited by Livia Kohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohn, Livia, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time--Religious aspects--Taoism.

Time.

Cosmology, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Saint Petersburg : Three Pines Press, [2021]

Summary:

Time plays a major role in classical Daoist thought, explored through different lenses in this powerful volume that brings together both established and rising scholars in the field. It discusses cosmic, seasonal, human, and mystical dimensions of time, linking Daoists to ancient astrologers, exploring universal origins (based on excavated manuscripts), examining issues of permanence and transience, and questioning notions of self and personal identity in a temporal light. Beyond this, the book also looks at classical Daoist visions of matching human activities to seasonal cycles, notions of timeliness in connection with ethical issues, ways of overcoming temporal limitations through self-cultivation, and concepts of vital energy as expressed in art and music. The book is full of fascinating and stimulating contributions, opening new horizons in our understanding both of classical Chinese thought and dimensions of time.

Contents:

Introduction: Dimensions of Daoist time

Time and space in pre-Daoist consciousness / David Pankenier

Time and timelessness : Daoist theories of cosmic generation / Sharon Small

Primordium of constancy : time, space, and dao in Warring States cosmology / Jinhua Jia

Permanence and transience : time in the Daode jing / Jing Liu

Time, chance, and fate in early Daoist texts / Lisa Raphals

Time and self in the Zhuangzi / Shuwen Wang

The whirlpool of time / Robert Allinson

The temporal life of fish : Zhuangzi on perfection in time / David Chai

The time of nature and the harmony of the people / Abraham Shue Yan Poon

Timeliness as moral excuse : morality and success in the Huainanzi / Ai Yuan

Becoming sounds : ecstatic temporalization in immanence / Yukio Mitsumatsu.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Kohn, Livia Dao and Time

ISBN:

9781931483551

OCLC:

1296427690