Beauty and Human Existence in Chinese Philosophy 1st Edition Keping Wang

Beauty and Human Existence in Chinese Philosophy 1st Edition Keping Wang – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9789811617140,9789811617164,9789811617133,9811617147,9811617163,9811617139

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 9811617147
• ISBN 13: 9789811617140
• Author:  Keping Wang 

This book considers the Chinese conception of beauty from a historical perspective with regard to its significant relation to human personality and human existence. It examines the etymological implications of the pictographic character mei, the totemic symbolism of beauty, the ferocious beauty of the bronzeware. Further on, it proceeds to look into the conceptual progression of beauty in such main schools of thought as Confucianism, Daoism and Chan Buddhism. Then, it goes on to illustrate through art and literature the leading principles of equilibriumharmony, spontaneous naturalness, subtle void and synthetic possibilities. It also offers a discussion of modern change and transcultural creation conducted with particular reference to the theory of the poetic state par excellence (yi jing shuo) and that of art as sedimentation (ji dian shuo).

Table contents:

1. The Pictographic Character and Totemism
2. The Pottery and Bronze Art
3. Ethos of the Rites-Music Tradition
4. Confucian Ideal and Equilibrium Harmony
5. Critique of Mohist Utilitarianism
6. Daoist Pursuit and Spontaneous Naturalness
7. Beyond Poetic Sentimentalism
8. Chan Buddhism and Subtle Void
9. The Water Allegory and Waterscapes
10. The Art of Painting Landscape
11. The Rise of Modern Chinese Aesthetics
12. How-to-Live Concern and Fourfold Engagement

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