TY - BOOK ID - 78492316 TI - Zhuangzi's critique of the Confucians : blinded by the human PY - 2016 SN - 1438462867 9781438462868 9781438462851 1438462859 9781438462844 PB - Albany : State University of New York Press, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy, Confucian. KW - Confucian philosophy KW - Confucianism KW - Philosophy, Chinese KW - Zhuangzi. KW - Chuang Tzu KW - Chwang Tszĕ KW - Dschuang Dsi KW - Tchouang-Tseu KW - Tschuang-tse KW - Tsjwang-Tze KW - Tswang Tse KW - Philosophy, Confucian KW - S12/0600 KW - China: Philosophy and Classics--Zhuangzi UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78492316 AB - The Daoist Zhuangzi has often been read as a mystical philosopher. But there is another tradition, beginning with the Han dynasty historian Sima Qian, which sees him as a critic of the Confucians. Kim-chong Chong analyzes the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi, demonstrating how Zhuangzi criticized the pre-Qin Confucians through metaphorical inversion and parody. This is indicated by the subtitle, "Blinded by the Human," which is an inversion of the Confucian philosopher Xunzi's remark that Zhuangzi was "blinded by heaven and did not know the human. " Chong compares Zhuangzi's Daoist thought to Confucianism, as exemplified by Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi. By analyzing and comparing the different implications of concepts such as "heaven," "heart-mind," and "transformation," Chong shows how Zhuangzi can be said to provide the resources for a more pluralistic and liberal philosophy than the Confucians. ER -