{"product_id":"beyond-the-troubled-water-of-shifei-from-disputation-to-walking-two-roads-in-the-zhuangzi-paperback","title":"Beyond the Troubled Water of Shifei: From Disputation to Walking-Two-Roads in the Zhuangzi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLin Ma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJaap van Brakel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers the first focused study of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eshifei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e debates of the Warring States period in ancient China and challenges the imposition of Western conceptual categories onto these debates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent decades, a growing concern in studies in Chinese intellectual history is that Chinese classics have been forced into systems of classification prevalent in Western philosophy and thus imperceptibly transformed into examples that echo Western philosophy. Lin Ma and Jaap van Brakel offer a methodology to counter this approach, and illustrate their method by carrying out a transcultural inquiry into the complexities involved in understanding \u003ci\u003eshi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003efei\u003c\/i\u003e and their cognate phrases in the Warring States texts, the \u003ci\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/i\u003e in particular. The authors discuss important features of Zhuangzi's stance with regard to language-meaning, knowledge-doubt, questioning, equalizing, and his well-known deconstruction of the discourse in ancient China on \u003ci\u003eshifei\u003c\/i\u003e. Ma and van Brakel suggest that \u003ci\u003eshi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003efei\u003c\/i\u003e apply to both descriptive and prescriptive languages and do not presuppose any fact\/value dichotomy, and thus cannot be translated as either true\/false or right\/wrong. Instead, \u003ci\u003eshi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003efei\u003c\/i\u003e can be grasped in terms of a pre-philosophical notion of fitting. Ma and van Brakel also highlight Zhuangzi's idea of \"walking-two-roads\" as the most significant component of his stance. In addition, they argue that all of Zhuangzi's positive recommendations are presented in a language whose meaning is not fixed and that every stance he is committed to remains subject to fundamental questioning as a way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLin Ma \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophers\u003c\/i\u003e at the School of Philosophy at Renmin University of China. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eHeidegger on East-West Dialogue: Anticipating the Event\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eJaap van Brakel \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor Emeritus in the Higher Institute of Philosophy of the University of Leuven in Belgium. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Chemistry: Between the Manifest and the Scientific Image\u003c\/i\u003e. Together, Ma and van Brakel are coauthors of \u003ci\u003eFundamentals of Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50369220411629,"sku":"9781438474823","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/k-TdXevvF-9781438474823.webp?v=1785426371","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/beyond-the-troubled-water-of-shifei-from-disputation-to-walking-two-roads-in-the-zhuangzi-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}