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The Chinese pleasure book / Michael Nylan.
Author
Nylan, Michael
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Zone Books, 2018.
©2018
Description
453 pages ; 24 cm
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Available Online
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Firestone Library - Stacks
B127.E46 N95 2018
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Subject(s)
Philosophy, Chinese
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To 221 B.C.
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Emotions (Philosophy)
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Pleasure
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Senses and sensation
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Mind and body
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Summary note
In 'The Chinese Pleasure Book', Michael Nylan takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and the health of the body politic. In a notable contrast to Western writings on the subject, early Chinese writings oppose pleasure not with pain but with insecurity. All assume that it is right and proper to seek and take pleasure, as well as short-term delight, and all are equally certain that long-term relational pleasures are more easily sustained-as well as potentially more satisfying and less damaging. The pleasures that become deeper and more ingrained over the long term, as one invests time and effort into their cultivation, include friendship and music, sharing with others, developing integrity and greater clarity, reading and classical learning, and going home. Nylan explores each of these fields of activity through the early sources (mainly fourth century BC to the eleventh century AD), providing new translations for both well-known and seldom-cited texts.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Coming attractions
Good vibrations: The allied pleasures of music and friendship in the masters
Mencius on our common share of pleasure
Zunzi on patterns of brilliance
Vital matters: The pleasures of clear vision in the Zhuangzi
Yang Xiong on the allure of words well chosen
Semidetached lodgings: The pleasures of returning home in Tao Yuanming and Su Shi.
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ISBN
9781942130130 ((hardcover))
1942130139 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2018015511
OCLC
1029890255
Other standard number
40028588667
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