Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background
This paper presents the results of the authors’ study of the philosophical heritage of the Ancient Chinese philosopher Pan Maoming, who played an essential role in the development of spiritual culture, as well as Philosophy and Science of Ancient Southern China (nowadays, Guangdong Province). The au...
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| description | This paper presents the results of the authors’ study of the philosophical heritage of the Ancient Chinese philosopher Pan Maoming, who played an essential role in the development of spiritual culture, as well as Philosophy and Science of Ancient Southern China (nowadays, Guangdong Province). The authors carried out historiographical research of currently available ancient and modern sources, which contain data on the life and philosophical ideas of Pan Maoming; reconstructed the Pan Maoming’s intellectual biography; revealed the main features of his worldview. The authors reconstructed the social, cultural, and philosophical context of the historical epoch in which Pan Maoming’s philosophical and scientific views arose and developed; clarified the philosopher’s historical role in the development of local culture in the Southern region of Ancient China.The article contains the author’s description and interpretation of the main philosophical ideas of Pan Maoming, the main amid which the authors consider the ethical concept of “peace and emptiness,” the concept of “clumsiness”; the idea of “monasticism for the happiness of the people.” The authors compared Pan Maoming’s philosophical ideas with Lao-tzu’s philosophical doctrine and came to the conclusion that Pan Maoming formed his own unique and original elaboration of Taoist philosophy, significantly developed its linguistic (conceptual) apparatus and worldview. The authors paid particular attention to the description and analysis of Pan Maoming’s cosmological views, which include the doctrine of “Inner alchemy” (Neidan), the doctrine of “chaos, order and causality.” The authors concluded that Pan Maoming’s cosmological ideas significantly developed a way of understanding the Universe, the relationship between “inert” and “living” matter, the “world of nature” and the “world of human” in the Taoist philosophical culture. The authors also presented and substantiated their point of view that some philosophical and cosmological ideas of Pan Maoming have not only of historical value but can also be used for developing and enriching the local spiritual culture of Guangdong Province (an intrinsic part of which is the so-called “Pan Maoming’s culture”) in the form of ethical and educational practices, as well as practices of strengthening cultural unity and identity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c2a09e60c9524b11b44d86c8e7c1d0d02022-12-21T18:34:23ZengInternational Society of Philosophy and CosmologyФилософия и космология2307-37052518-18662020-10-012516318010.29202/phil-cosm/25/14Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural BackgroundSergii Rudenko0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9069-0989Feng-Shuo Chang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-0194Changming Zhang2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-8526Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (Maoming, China),Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (Maoming, China)Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (Maoming, China)This paper presents the results of the authors’ study of the philosophical heritage of the Ancient Chinese philosopher Pan Maoming, who played an essential role in the development of spiritual culture, as well as Philosophy and Science of Ancient Southern China (nowadays, Guangdong Province). The authors carried out historiographical research of currently available ancient and modern sources, which contain data on the life and philosophical ideas of Pan Maoming; reconstructed the Pan Maoming’s intellectual biography; revealed the main features of his worldview. The authors reconstructed the social, cultural, and philosophical context of the historical epoch in which Pan Maoming’s philosophical and scientific views arose and developed; clarified the philosopher’s historical role in the development of local culture in the Southern region of Ancient China.The article contains the author’s description and interpretation of the main philosophical ideas of Pan Maoming, the main amid which the authors consider the ethical concept of “peace and emptiness,” the concept of “clumsiness”; the idea of “monasticism for the happiness of the people.” The authors compared Pan Maoming’s philosophical ideas with Lao-tzu’s philosophical doctrine and came to the conclusion that Pan Maoming formed his own unique and original elaboration of Taoist philosophy, significantly developed its linguistic (conceptual) apparatus and worldview. The authors paid particular attention to the description and analysis of Pan Maoming’s cosmological views, which include the doctrine of “Inner alchemy” (Neidan), the doctrine of “chaos, order and causality.” The authors concluded that Pan Maoming’s cosmological ideas significantly developed a way of understanding the Universe, the relationship between “inert” and “living” matter, the “world of nature” and the “world of human” in the Taoist philosophical culture. The authors also presented and substantiated their point of view that some philosophical and cosmological ideas of Pan Maoming have not only of historical value but can also be used for developing and enriching the local spiritual culture of Guangdong Province (an intrinsic part of which is the so-called “Pan Maoming’s culture”) in the form of ethical and educational practices, as well as practices of strengthening cultural unity and identity.http://ispcjournal.org/journals/2020/02/PhC_25_RudenkoChangZhang.pdfpan maomingphilosophycosmologyancient china“inner alchemy” (neidan)“pan maoming’s culture” |
| spellingShingle | Sergii Rudenko Feng-Shuo Chang Changming Zhang Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background Философия и космология pan maoming philosophy cosmology ancient china “inner alchemy” (neidan) “pan maoming’s culture” |
| title | Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background |
| title_full | Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background |
| title_fullStr | Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background |
| title_short | Pan Maoming’s Philosophy and Cosmology: a Historiographical Research on the Sources and Cultural Background |
| title_sort | pan maoming s philosophy and cosmology a historiographical research on the sources and cultural background |
| topic | pan maoming philosophy cosmology ancient china “inner alchemy” (neidan) “pan maoming’s culture” |
| url | http://ispcjournal.org/journals/2020/02/PhC_25_RudenkoChangZhang.pdf |
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