In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i>
This paper investigates, in a comparative fashion, the common quest for the Dao by authors of the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> of the <i>Book of Changes</i> to come to terms with political and social crises in Warring States China. Since the two texts ad...
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| description | This paper investigates, in a comparative fashion, the common quest for the Dao by authors of the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> of the <i>Book of Changes</i> to come to terms with political and social crises in Warring States China. Since the two texts adopt both similar and divergent methodologies in their search of the Dao, this paper first examines their similarities in terms of process cosmology, epistemology, and practice of ritual, and then analyzes the divergences in their approaches to the Dao. In particular, the practice of ritual is unveiled as the marker of the Dao within the philosophical framework of both texts, albeit with differing connotations. In the final analysis, this paper discusses both the underlying pragmatic applications of the two approaches in the nuanced philosophical insights they provide into the coordination of human beings with the processes of the cosmos, and their implications in understanding what A.C. Graham calls “the disputers of the Dao”. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb6c17a7e2464d5cb90ae3ec98cf0a052024-02-23T15:32:39ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-01-0115217810.3390/rel15020178In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i>Wei Zhao0Yuelu Academy, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, ChinaThis paper investigates, in a comparative fashion, the common quest for the Dao by authors of the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> of the <i>Book of Changes</i> to come to terms with political and social crises in Warring States China. Since the two texts adopt both similar and divergent methodologies in their search of the Dao, this paper first examines their similarities in terms of process cosmology, epistemology, and practice of ritual, and then analyzes the divergences in their approaches to the Dao. In particular, the practice of ritual is unveiled as the marker of the Dao within the philosophical framework of both texts, albeit with differing connotations. In the final analysis, this paper discusses both the underlying pragmatic applications of the two approaches in the nuanced philosophical insights they provide into the coordination of human beings with the processes of the cosmos, and their implications in understanding what A.C. Graham calls “the disputers of the Dao”.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/2/178<i>Xunzi</i><i>Xici zhuan</i><i>Book of Changes</i>Daoritual |
| spellingShingle | Wei Zhao In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> Religions <i>Xunzi</i> <i>Xici zhuan</i> <i>Book of Changes</i> Dao ritual |
| title | In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> |
| title_full | In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> |
| title_fullStr | In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> |
| title_short | In Search of the Dao: Process Cosmology, Epistemology, and Ritual in the <i>Xunzi</i> and the <i>Xici zhuan</i> |
| title_sort | in search of the dao process cosmology epistemology and ritual in the i xunzi i and the i xici zhuan i |
| topic | <i>Xunzi</i> <i>Xici zhuan</i> <i>Book of Changes</i> Dao ritual |
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