Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought

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Mortality in Traditional China is the definitive exploration of a complex and fascinating but little-understood subject. Arguably, death as a concept has not been nearly as central a preoccupation in Chinese culture as it has been in the West. However, even in a society that seems to understand death as a part of life, responses to mortality are revealing and indicate much about what is valued and what is feared. This edited volume fills the lacuna on this subject, presenting an array of philosophical, artistic, historical, and religious perspectives on death during a variety of historical periods. Contributors look at material culture, including findings now available from the Mawangdui tomb excavations; consider death in Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions; and discuss death and the history and philosophy of war.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. Preparation for the Afterlife in Ancient China
Mu-chou Poo

2. Ascend to Heaven or Stay in the Tomb? Paintings in Mawangdui Tomb 1 and the Virtual Ritual of Revival in Second-Century B.C.E. China
Eugene Yuejin Wang

3. Concepts of Death and the Afterlife Refl ected in Newly Discovered Tomb Objects and Texts from Han China
Jue Guo

4. War, Death, and Ancient Chinese Cosmology: Thinking through the Thickness of Culture
Roger T. Ames

5. Death and Dying in the Analects
Philip J. Ivanhoe

6. I Know Not “Seems”: Grief for Parents in the Analects
Amy Olberding

7. Allotment and Death in Early China
Mark Csikszentmihalyi

8. Death in the Zhuangzi: Mind, Nature, and the Art of Forgetting
Mark Berkson

9. Sages, the Past, and the Dead: Death in the Huainanzi
Michael Puett

10. Linji and William James on Mortality: Two Visions of Pragmatism
Tao Jiang

11. Death as the Ultimate Concern in Neo-Confucian Tradition: Wang Yangming’s Followers as an Example
Guoxiang Peng

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

Sujets

• East Asian religions
• History of Asia
• China

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 janvier 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438435640
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 20 Mo

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Mortality in Traditional Chinese Thought

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MORTALITY IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE THOUGHT

SUNY ŝéîéŝ î Chîéŝé Phîôŝôph àd Cuué ———— Rôgé T. Améŝ, édîô

MORTALITY IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE THOUGHT

Edîéd  AMY OLBERDING àd PHILIP J. IVANHOE

State University of New York Press

Côé îmàgé: Déàî ô çôI ôôôàd, Mààgduî Tôm 1. Séçôd çéu b.c.e. Phôôgàph çôuéŝ ô Huà Pôîçîà Muŝéum.

Puîŝhéd  State University of New York Press, Albany

© 2011 Sàé Uîéŝî ô Né Yô

A îghŝ éŝééd

Pîéd î hé Uîéd Sàéŝ ô Améîçà

Nô pà ô hîŝ ôô mà é uŝéd ô épôduçéd î à màé hàŝôéé îhôu îé pémîŝŝîô. Nô pà ô hîŝ ôô mà é ŝôéd î à éîéà ŝŝém ô àŝmîéd î à ôm ô  à méàŝ îçudîg ééçôîç, ééçôŝàîç, màgéîç àpé, méçhàîçà, phôôçôpîg, éçôdîg, ô ôhéîŝé îhôu hé pîô pémîŝŝîô î îîg ô hé puîŝhé.

Fô îômàîô, çôàç Sàé Uîéŝî ô Né Yô Péŝŝ, Aà, NY .ŝupéŝŝ.édu

Pôduçîô, Làuîé Séà Màéîg, Aé M. Vàéîé

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Môàî î àdîîôà Chîéŝé hôugh / [édîéd ] Am Oédîg àd Phîîp J. ïàhôé.  p. çm. — (SUNY ŝéîéŝ î Chîéŝé phîôŝôph àd çuué)  ïçudéŝ îîôgàphîçà éééçéŝ àd îdéx.  ïSBN 978-1-4384-3563-3 (hàdçôé : à. pàpé)  1. Déàh. 2. Phîôŝôph, Chîéŝé. ï. Oédîg, Am. ïï. ïàhôé, P. J.

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In Memorîam

Ru Bàé Pà

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 Pépààîô ô hé Aéîé î Açîé Chîà Mu-chou Poo

CHAPTER 2 Aŝçéd ô Héàé ô Sà î hé Tôm? Pàîîgŝ î Mààgduî Tôm 1 àd hé Vîuà Rîuà ô Réîà î Séçôd-Céu B.C.E.  Chîà Eugene Y. Wang

CHAPTER 3 Concepts of Death and the Afterîfe Relected în Newy Dîscovered Tomb Objects and Texts from Han Chîna Jue Guo

CHAPTER 4 War, Death, and Ancîent Chînese Cosmoogy: Thînkîng through the Thîckness of Cuture Roger T. Ames

CHAPTER 5 Death and Dyîng în theAnalects Phîlîp J. Ivanhoe

CHAPTER 6 I Know Not “Seems”: Grîef for Parents în theAnalects Amy Olberdîng

CHAPTER 7 Aotment and Death în Eary Chîna Mark Csîkszentmîhalyî

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CHAPTER 8 Déàh î héZhuangzî: Mîd, Nàué, àd hé A ô Fôgéîg Mark Berkson

CHAPTER 9 Sàgéŝ, hé Pàŝ, àd hé Déàd: Déàh î héHuaînanzî Mîchael Puett

CHAPTER 10 Lîjî àd Wîîàm Jàméŝ ô Môàî: Tô Vîŝîôŝ ô Pàgmàîŝm Tao Jîang

CHAPTER 11 Déàh àŝ hé Uîmàé Côçé î hé Néô-Côuçîà Tàdîîô: Wàg Yàgmîg’ŝ Fôôéŝ àŝ à Exàmpé Guoxîang Peng

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A ô ô hîŝ ŝô îŝ ààŝ hé pôduç ô mà hàdŝ. Thé édîôŝ ôud îé ô àçôédgé hôŝé hô hàé hépéd uŝ àôg hé à. Kàé Là péôméd à îîîà çôpédî àd pôîdéd à éé ô déàî hà hàŝ ŝééd à ô uŝ é. Nàç Eégàé, ôu édîô à SUNY Péŝŝ, pôîdéd àuàé àŝŝîŝàçé hôughôu hé pôçéŝŝ ô îgîg hé ôô ô pî, àd Rôgé T. Améŝ, édîô ô SUNY’ŝ ŝéîéŝ î Chîéŝé Phîôŝôph àd Cuué, ôééd gééôuŝ ŝuppô àd àdîçé. Wé àé àŝô gàéu ô Làuîé Séà, ôu pôduçîô édîô à SUNY, for énsurîng that thé ina stagés of préparîng thé ook proçéédéd smoothy, and to Rafaé Chaîkén, our çopy édîtor at SUNY, for hîs çaréfu work în hépîng a of us poîsh thé éssays înto théîr ina forms. Thé Unîvérsîty of Okahoma’s Ofiçé of Réséarçh Sérvîçés and thé Départmént of Puîç and Soçîa Admînîstratîon of Cîty Unîvérsîty of Hong Kong provîdéd générous support for thé préparatîon of thîs manusçrîpt. Wé aré aso gratéfu to Bruçé Tînda for préparîng thé îndéx for thîs voumé. Sévéra îmagés uséd în çhaptér 2 wéré grantéd for usé în thîs voumé çourtésy of thé Hunan Provînçîa Muséum. Thé îmagé uséd în çhaptér 3 was grantéd for usé în thîs voumé çourtésy of Kéxué çhuanshé. An éarîér vérsîon of Phîîp J. Ivanhoé’s çhaptér, “Déath and Dyîng în théAnalects,” appéaréd înConfucîan Spîrîtualîty,édîtéd y Mary Evéyn Tuçkér and Tu Wéîmîng (Néw York: Crossroad Préss, 2004).

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