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Book SynopsisA Tripartite Self explores relations between body and mind, spirit, or soul in early Chinese texts from the Warring States and early Han dynasty period.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Dedication Notes on Conventions, Editions and Transcriptions Introduction Intersecting Perspectives Mind-body and Spirit-Body Dualism A Tripartite Self Plan of the Book 1 Semantic Fields of Body, Mind, and Spirit Bodies Minds Spirit(s) 2 Virtue, Body, and Mind in the Shijing Bodies in the Shijing Xin Spirits More on Embodied Virtue Conclusion 3 Mind and Spirit Govern the Body Body, Mind, and Spirits in the Analects The Mozi the Emergence of Internal Spirit in the Guanzi Heart-Mind as Ruler in the Mencius Xunzi and the Hegemony of the Heart-Mind Rulers and Slaves in the Guodian texts The Mind Is Called the Center (Xin shi wei zhong) Heart-Mind and Spirit in the Huainanzi and Wenzi Conclusion 4 Body, Mind and Spirit: A Tripartite View Yang Zhu's Discovery of the Body Mind and spirit in the Guanzi The Zhuangzi Spirit and Body in the Shiwen The Huainanzi Conclusion 5 Body, Mind and Spirit in the Guodian Manuscripts Body, Emotion and Heart-mind in Humans and Animals Heart-mind and Body in the Xingzi Mingchu Heart-Mind and Body in the Wuxing Conclusions 6 Body, Mind and Spirit in Early Chinese Medicine Mind-Body Dualism and Medical Texts Shén and Xin in the Huangdi Neijing Conclusion 7 Conclusions Inner and Outer Reconsidered Personal Identity and Persistence Embodied Cognition 8 Glossary 9 Appendices Time Lines Semantic Fields of Body, Mind, Soul, and Spirit The Brain in the Huangdi Neijing 10 References 11 Index
