Lu The Ecological Era and Classical Chinese Naturalism

A Case Study of Tao Yuanming
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-981-10-1784-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten

Reihe: China Academic Library

Reflecting the currently growing eco-movement, this book presents to western readers Tao Yuanming, an ancient Chinese poet, as a representative of classical oriental natural philosophy who offered lived experience of 'dwelling poetically on earth.' Drawing on Derrida's specter theory, it interprets Tao Yuanming in a postmodern and eco-critical context, while also exploring his naturalist 'kindred spirits' in other countries, so as to urge the people of today to contemplate their own existence and pursuits. The book's 'panoramic' table of contents offers readers a wonderful reading experience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lu, Shuyuan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;7
2;Preface;11
3;Acknowledgements;13
4;Contents;15
5;Abbreviations;17
6;Translator’s Note;18
7;1 Tao Yuanming and the Meta-question of Humanity;22
7.1;1.1 Tao as an Oriental Prophet of the Meta-question of Humanity;23
7.2;1.2 Tao: The Avatar of Nature;27
7.2.1;1.2.1 Following the True and the Natural;28
7.2.2;1.2.2 Abandon and Aloofness;31
7.2.3;1.2.3 Unintendedness and Resignation to Nature’s Transformation;35
7.3;1.3 Dwelling Poetically in Nature;38
7.4;1.4 The Nature and Naturalness of Tao’s Poetry;40
7.5;1.5 Tao’s Greatness Out of Nature-Centrism;43
7.6;1.6 Nature: The Intersection of Two Philosophies;47
8;2 Tao Yuanming’s Natural Philosophy;53
8.1;Anchor 2;53
8.2;2.1 Tao’s Philosophizing;55
8.3;2.2 The Significance of Nature in the Sinosphere;58
8.4;2.3 The Modern Evolution of Daoist Natural Philosophy;61
8.5;2.4 “Knowing the Bright but Cleaving to the Dark” and “Tao’s Names”;66
8.6;2.5 “Knowing the Bright but Cleaving to the Dark” and Tao’s Wisdom of Life;69
8.7;2.6 Tao’s “Knowing the Bright but Cleaving to the Dark” and Heidegger’s Philosophy;74
9;3 Tao Yuanming and Naturalistic Romanticism;80
9.1;3.1 The European Romantic Literary Tradition and Nature;81
9.2;3.2 Tao as an Ancient Oriental Natural Romantic Poet;85
9.3;3.3 Tao’s Foreign “Naturalistic Soulmates”;87
9.4;3.4 Tao and Rousseau: From Civil Men to Natural Men;94
9.5;3.5 Tao and Thoreau: The Creation of Dreamy Nature and Freedom in a Poetic Ambience;101
10;4 The Evolving Perception of Nature and the Death of Tao Yuanming;109
10.1;4.1 The Evolving Perception of “Nature” in the History of Chinese Literature;110
10.2;4.2 The Origin and Development of Tao’s Poetic Conception;115
10.3;4.3 A Turning Point in Tao’s Reception;122
10.4;4.4 The Modern Literary Revolution and Tao;125
10.5;4.5 The Death of Tao;131
11;5 The Specter of Tao and the Plights of Contemporary Human Existence;136
11.1;Anchor 2;136
11.2;5.1 The “Specter” and Derrida’s “Specter” Theory;138
11.3;5.2 Tao as a Specter in the Kingdom of Poetry;140
11.4;5.3 Can Man Resort to the Specter?;144
11.5;5.4 The Specter of Tao and the Plights of Contemporary Human Existence;149
11.5.1;5.4.1 The Perception of the Enlightened: The Cage and the Disciplined Society;150
11.5.2;5.4.2 Return: Regressivism and Progressivism;154
11.5.3;5.4.3 A Pure Heart and Cheerful Chanting: Honorable Poverty and the Consumer Society;159
11.5.4;5.4.4 The Tranquil Southern Mount: Leisure and Work Ethic;165
11.5.5;5.4.5 Chanting in the Field: Tianyuan Poetry and Agricultural Society;168
11.5.6;5.4.6 The Complexity of the “Peach-blossom Springs”: An Oriental Utopia and Post-modern Romanticism;172
12;Conclusion: The Last Sacrifice and the Evocation;178
13;References;180