The butterfly as companion : meditations on the first three chapters of the Chuang Tzu / Kuang-ming Wu.
Series: SUNY series in religion and philosophyPublication details: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1990.Description: xiv, 509 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0887066852
- 9780887066856
- 0887066860 (pbk.)
- 9780887066863 (pbk.)
- Zhuangzi. Nanhua jing. English. Selections
- 299/.51482 19
- BL1900.C576 W793 1990
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The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks | BL1900.C576 W793 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Includes indexes. | TBC00001877 |
Includes bibliographies references (p. [451]-458).
Includes indexes.
Prologue: Companion to the butterfly -- Preliminary meditations -- Invitation by a butterfly -- Why companion, not commentary -- Conversation with a roadside skull -- The poetic Chuang Tzu -- Chapter 1: Hsiao Yao Yu: soaring--and roaming -- The Kuo Hsiang text -- Translation with glosses -- Meditation--three readings -- The stories -- Roaming, laughing -- A close look -- Chapter 2: Ch'i Wu Lun: things, theories--sorting themselves out -- The Kuo Hsiang text -- Translation with glosses -- Meditations--four readings -- Survey -- A detailed look -- What all this means -- Philosophy and "things even-ing themselves out" -- Chapter 3: Yang Sheng Chu: nourishing life--its inner principle -- The Kuo Hsiang text -- Translation with glosses -- Meditations--three readings -- Coherence and interrelations -- Segments and words -- Our understanding of the message -- Epilogue: The butterfly as companion -- Inconclusive meditations -- Meaning -- Irony -- Play -- "Companion".
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