Zhuangzi and modern Chinese literature [electronic resource] / Liu Jianmei.

Zhuangzi and modern Chinese literature [electronic resource] / Liu Jianmei.

9780190238179 (electronic book)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

English

1 online resource (x, 294 pages)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190238155 doi

BL1940.Z493 L58 2015eb

181.114

This is a powerful account of how the ruin and resurrection of Zhuangzi in modern China's literary history correspond to the rise and fall of modern Chinese individuality. The book highlights two central philosophical themes of Zhuangzi: the absolute spiritual freedom and the rejection of absolute and fixed views on right and wrong. It argues that the twentieth-century reinterpretation and appropriation of these two important philosophical themes best testify to the dilemma and inner struggle of modern Chinese intellectuals.

This is a powerful account of how the ruin and resurrection of Zhuangzi in modern China's literary history correspond to the rise and fall of modern Chinese individuality. The book highlights two central philosophical themes of Zhuangzi: the absolute spiritual freedom and the rejection of absolute and fixed views on right and wrong. It argues that the twentieth-century reinterpretation and appropriation of these two important philosophical themes best testify to the dilemma and inner struggle of modern Chinese intellectuals.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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