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| Title | SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture. — Self-cultivation in early China |
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| Creators | Fischer Paul |
| Collection | Электронные книги зарубежных издательств ; Общая коллекция |
| Subjects | Ethics ; Conduct of life. ; Morale ; Morale pratique. ; Ethics. ; EBSCO eBooks |
| Document type | Other |
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| Language | English |
| Rights | Доступ по паролю из сети Интернет (чтение, печать, копирование) |
| Record key | on1293449800 |
| Record create date | 11/18/2021 |
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- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Book Title Translations
- Classics
- Scholars
- Introduction
- Aim, Scope, Method
- Reasons for Writing
- Disparity of Sources
- Technical Terms
- Heaven and Earth (天地)
- The Way (道)
- Imaginativeness, Applicability, and Metaphor
- Part I. Person (人)
- Chapter 1 Body (體)
- Introduction
- Cosmology (天地學)
- Living Humans (生者)
- Dead Humans (逝者)
- Bodily Self-Cultivation (治氣)
- Chapter 2 Nature (性)
- Various Aspects of Human Nature
- Human Nature Comes from Heaven and Earth
- Human Nature is Universal
- Human Nature: Good or Bad?
- Human Nature Needs Cultivation
- Emotions Derive from Inclinations, which Derive from Human Nature
- How to Deal with Emotions
- The Role of Concern (憂)
- Tranquility (靜) is the Goal
- Chapter 3 Mind (心)
- Cultivate Your Mind (修心)
- An Open Mind (虛心) …
- … Leads to Non-Contrivance (無為) …
- … and Creativity
- … and Honesty (誠)
- But: Follow (Natural) Principles (理)
- Detachment (無執 / 處超然 / 獨 / 遊心)
- Contentment (知足) and Humility (謙遜)
- Embrace the Unified Cosmos (抱一) and Know Yourself (自知)
- Sagely People (聖人)
- Chapter 1 Body (體)
- Part II. Environment (地)
- Chapter 4 Virtuosity (德)
- Introduction
- Fifteen Virtuosities (敬公讓忠勇, 禮義孝仁智, 慎柔恕誠和)
- The Relativity of Virtuosity
- Noble People (君子)
- Chapter 5 Timeliness (時)
- Contexts
- Practices
- Outcomes
- Chapter 4 Virtuosity (德)
- Part III. Objects (物)
- Chapter 6 Learning (學)
- Learning as Self-Cultivation
- What to Learn (I): History
- What to Learn (II): Rhetoric
- Hence: Reality-Based (實)
- Why Learn? Ethics (道德) and Joy (說/悅)
- Teachers (師)
- Chapter 7 Music (樂)
- Music in Self-Cultivation
- Music Results in: Personal Happiness (樂)
- Music Results in: Social Harmony (合)
- Chapter 6 Learning (學)
- Part IV. Cosmos (天)
- Chapter 8 Fate (命)
- Introduction
- Ameliorable Fate
- Fate as Fatalism
- Divination (占卜 / 策龜)
- Outcome: Contentment (知足)
- Outcome: Acceptance of Death
- Genuine People (真人)
- Chapter 9 Destiny (天)
- Introduction
- The Heavenly and the Human
- The Heavenly of the Human
- Fulfilled People (至人)
- Chapter 10 Spiritousness (神)
- Spirit and Spiritous (神)
- Spirit/ous(ness) (神)
- Essential Spiritousness (精神)
- Spiritous Percipients / Percipience (神明)
- The Numinous (靈)
- Spirit/ousness in Self-Cultivation
- Outcome: Making Use of (Incipient Heavenly) Principles (理)
- Spiritous People (神人)
- Chapter 8 Fate (命)
- Works Cited
- Index
