{"product_id":"space-time-myth-and-morals-a-selection-of-jao-tsung-i-s-studies-on-cosmological-thought-in-early-china-and-beyond-9789004516823","title":"Space, Time, Myth, and Morals: A Selection of Jao Tsung-i’s Studies on Cosmological Thought in Early China and Beyond","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe articles assembled in this volume present an important selection of Professor Jao Tsung-i’s research in the field of the early Chinese intellectual tradition, especially as it concerns the human condition. Whether his focus is on myth, religion, philosophy or morals, Jao consistently aims to describe how the series of developments broadly associated with the Axial Age unfolded in China. He is particularly interested in showing how early China had developed its own notion of transcendence as well as a system of prediction and morals that enabled man to act autonomously, without recourse to divine providence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollected Works of Jao Tsung-i: Series Introduction   Translator’s Foreword   Acknowledgements   Abbreviations   List of Illustrations   Timeline    Part 1      Part 2: The Gods of Time and Space: Cosmogony and Myths of Origin  in Ancient China and Beyond   Introduction      1 A Preliminary Comparison of Creation Myths and the Origins of Man  in Epics from China and Beyond    A Preamble to the Near Eastern Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish)      2 The Dualist Paradigm of Ancient Chinese History    1  2  3 3 On the Daoist “Genesis”      4 An Investigation into the Chart of Pangu 盤古    An account of Eastern Han murals from the Shu Region Depicting  the Image of “Pangu” as Seen by Renowned Personalities from the Tang  and Song Periods    Supplementary Note      Part 3: Attuning to Time and Space: Hemerology, Astrology and Correlative Thought in Early China   Introduction      5 On the Meaning of the Chu Silk Manuscript      6 An Explanation of the Phenomena Called ‘Xiang Wei ’ 象緯 and ‘De Ni’  德匿 in the Chu Silk Manuscript    1 Chen Wei 晨禕 Reads Chen Wei 辰緯 (Weft of Constellations)    2 Becoming Confused and Diverting from the [Proper] Movements    3 “Gaining and Regressing” and the Planet Saturn    4 Years with Fuzzy Stars    5 Ni 匿 (Concealment) and De Ni 德匿 (the Concealment  of Virtue)      Resolving Doubts: From Divine Providence to  Moral Standards and Human Agency      Introduction      7 The Philosophy of “Zhen” 貞    1 “Zhen” 貞 as a Means of Communication between Humans and Spirits during the Yin 殷 Period (ca. 1600–1050 BC)    2 Testing Through Divination and Moral Determination    3 The “zhen” 貞 of the Wenyan zhuan 文言傳 (Commentary  on the Words) on the Hexagram Qian 乾 and the Four Virtues  (si de 四德)    4 Discussing the Concepts “yong zhen” 永貞, “li yong zhen” 利永貞 and “linian de zheng ming” 歷年得正命    5 Receiving Heaven’s Perpetual Mandate, Fixing Fate, and  Employing Virtue    6 The Meaning of “de yuan” (德元)    7 Concluding Remarks: A Philological Philosophy      8 Moral Speculation and the Conception of a Sky God    1 The Beginnings of the Worship of Di 帝 and the Deity  of Heaven    2 The Graph de 德 in Writings from the Yin and Zhou Periods    3 Standing in Awe of Heaven’s Daunting Authority and the Establishment of the Idea of jing de 經德 (Honoring de)    4 The Interrelation of Politics and Morals within the Conception  of the Heavenly Mandate    5 The Mental Worries and Anxieties That Led to the Composition  of the Changes (Yi 易) and the Establishment of Cultivated de      9 Rationalism and the Idea of Divine Law (Selection)    1 The Changing Positions of the Gods and of Man    2 De 德 (Rewards) and xing 刑 (Punishments)    3 Five Elements Thought and the Cosmological Meaning  of de-Propriety (德禮)    4 Heaven’s Laws and the Laws of de    5 Conclusion   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210845512023,"sku":"9789004516823","price":148.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/space-time-myth-and-morals-a-selection-of-jao-tsung-i-s-studies-on-cosmological-thought-in-early-china-and-beyond-9789004516823","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}