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Philosophic Classics: Asian Philosophy, Volume VI
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Accessible to today's readers, this anthology of readings is a survey of Asian thought in India and China. It strikes a balance between major and minor figures, and features the best available translations of texts complete works or complete sections of works which are both central to each thinker or school and are widely accepted to be part of the emerging Asian canon. Introductions to each historical period and to each thinker, photographs, and a timeline help to keep learners focused throughout. For individuals interested in learning about World Religions, Asian thought, or Chinese and Indian philosophy.
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T
AOIST
A
LTERNATIVES
*Hun-t’un
is
the
primal
blob
which
first
divided
into
heaven
and
earth
and
then
differentiated
as
the
myriad
things.
In
Chinese
cosmology
the
primordial
is
not
a
chaos
reduced
to
order
by
imposed
law,
it
is
a
blend
of
everything
rolled
up
together;
the
word
is
a
reduplicative
of
the
type
of
English
“hotchpotch”
and
“rolypoly,”
and
diners
in
Chinese
restaurants
will
have
met
it
in
the
form
“wuntun”
as
a
kind
of
dumpling.
The
Emperor
of
the
South
Sea
was
Fast,
the
Emperor
of
the
North
Sea
was
Furious,
the
Emperor
of
the
centre
was
Hun-t’un.*
Fast
and
Furious
met
from
time
to
time
in
the
land
of
Hun-t’un,
who
treated
them
very
generously.
Fast
and
Furious
were
discussing
how
to
repay
Hun-t’un’s
bounty.
“All
men
have
seven
holes
through
which
they
look,
listen,
eat,
breathe;
he
alone
doesn’t
have
any.
Let’s
try
boring
them.”
Every
day
they
bored
one
hole,
and
on
the
seventh
day
Hun-t’un
died.
450
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- PREFACE
- INVITATION TO ASIAN THOUGHT
- TIMELINE
- INDIAN THOUGHT
- CHINESE THOUGHT