Packaging the men of out times: literary anthologies, friendship networks, and political accommodation in the early Qing

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The focus is on Shiguan, a three volume collection of poems by early Qing writers edited by Deng Hanyi (1617-1689), highlighting a generation ripped apart by the traumatic events and difficult personal and political choices associated with the Ming collapse and Qing conquest. The (re) creation of a new, broadly inclusive community of elites, in some cases, along the lines of preconquest friendship networks, preceded and even facilitated political accommodation that gradually took place between Han elites and the new Qing order.

Criticism and interpretation, Works, Shiguan (Book), Hanyi, Deng

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Psychology and self-cultivation in early Taoistic thought

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Theories of the physiological basis of psychology and techniques of self-cultivation were clearly elements of the earliest formulations of Taoist thought in the fourth century BC. An overemphasis on the 'Lao Tzu' and 'Chuang Tzu' texts has obscured this aspect of early Taoism, found in texts of the 'Kuan Tzu' and the 'Huai-nan Tzu.' These texts describe techniques for mental tranquillity such as breath control and theoretical concepts of the vital essence, the vital energy and the numen, source of metaphysical knowledge.

Psychological aspects, China, Psychology, Meditation, Taoism, Philosophy of mind

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Xunzi and early Han philosophy

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The six dynasties in Japan and literati developing an antipathy toward Xunzi due to their thinking of him as an exponent of the weaker side in the debate over human nature is discussed.

Japan, Analysis, History, Japanese history, Japanese culture

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