Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought

Chapters Three, Four, and Five of the Huainanzi

By:

John S Major

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Paperback / softback

Series:

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

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The Huainanzi has in recent years been recognized by scholars as one of the seminal works of Chinese thought at the beginning of the imperial era, a summary of the full flowering of early Taoist philosophy. This book presents a study of three key chapters of the Huainanzi, "The Treatise on the Patterns of Heaven," "The Treatise on Topography," and "The Treatise on the Seasonal Rules," which collectively comprise the most comprehensive extant statement of cosmological thinking in the early Han period. Major presents, for the first time, full English translations of these treatises. He supplements the translations with detailed commentaries that clarify the sometimes arcane language of the text and presents a fascinating picture of the ancient Chinese view of how the world was formed and sustained, and of the role of humans in the cosmos.

Author Biography:

John S. Major is Senior Editor of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc., formerly taught Chinese and Japanese history at Dartmouth College, and was the Director of the China Council of the Asia Society from 1984 to 1986. He is coauthor with Joseph Needham, et al. of The Hall of Heavenly Records and author of The Land and People of China.

Release date Australia

August 3rd, 1993

Author

John S Major

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

Total Illustrations: 0

Pages

408

Series

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9780791415863

Product ID

4028120

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