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Language in Zhuangzi: How to Say Without Saying?

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Vrubliauskaitė A.

International Journal of Area Studies

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2014

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vol. 9

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issue 1

75-90

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The paper is concerned with the status of language and its usage in Zhuangzi and how this particular way of viewing and using language can affect our “perception” of Dao. Zhuangzi’s language skepticism is first introduced and possible reasons for Zhuangzi’s mistrust in language are explored. The question is then raised as to why Zhuangzi himself used language to talk about Dao if he mistrusted it. At this point Zhuangzi’s usage of language is discussed in two aspects: the negative aspect and the positive aspect, the latter being the main concern of this paper. The negative aspect is exposed as the denouncing factor of employing (fuzzy) language to undermine (propositional) language while using different techniques (paradox, uncertainty/doubt, mockery, reversal). The positive aspect is explored as twofold: first, putting language and reason to their “proper” limits entails an acquisition of a broader perspective and a more receptive, open state of mind which prepares one for the wordless “perception” of Dao. Second, fuzzy language is presented as capable of “accommodating” silence and emptiness. Doing so it unites silence and speech giving an incredible insight of what Dao is about. An approach taking from both the principles of scholarly analysis and an unrestricted personal experience of the text is employed.

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Darbe nagrinėjamas kalbos statusas, pritaikymas ir reikšmė siekiant „pažinti“ Dao pagal Zhuangzi. Pirmiausia pristatomas Zhuangzi skepticizmas kalbos atžvilgiu bei pateikiamos kelios galimos priežastys, kodėl Zhuangzi nepasitikėjo kalba. Keliamas klausimas, kodėl Zhuangzi pats naudojo kalbą, nors manė, kad ji ne tik nepajėgi atskleisti Dao, bet gali būti ir žalinga. Siekiant atsakyti į šį klausimą, Zhuangzi kalbos naudojimo specifika nagrinėjama dviem aspektais: negatyviu ir pozityviu. Pozityviojo aspekto atskleidimas yra šio darbo pagrindinis tikslas. Negatyvusis Zhuangzi kalbos pritaikymo aspektas atskleidžiamas kaip dalinis kalbos „paneigimas“ pačios kalbos priemonėmis (pritaikant paradoksus, abejonę, patyčias ir kt. technikas). Pozityvusis aspektas nagrinėjamas kaip dvejopas: kalbos ir jos išreiškiamų dalykų sąlygiškumo atskleidimas pirmiausia daro įtaką žiūros taško praplėtimui bei padidintam jautrumui, įgalinančiam išgirsti bežodį Dao kalbėjimą. Antra, Zhuangzi naudojama kalba pateikiama kaip galinti talpinti savyje tylą ir tuštumą, tokiu būdu sujungianti tylą ir kalbėjimą į harmoningą visumą, taip suteikdama įžvalgos į Dao galimybę. Darbe pasitelkiami keli teksto nagrinėjimo būdai: mokslinės analizės ir nesuvaržyto, asmeninio įspūdžio bei išgyvenimo, sukelto autoriaus teksto.

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Język, Yin Yang, i sztuka perswazji: słowo o Guiguzi (鬼谷子)

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Ganczarski A.

Przegląd Orientalistyczny

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2019

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issue 2 (270)

111-127

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This article introduces an ancient Chinese treatise on the art of persuasion known in the Chinese literary tradition under the title of Guiguzi. The text is deeply rooted in the pre-Qin Daoism and Yin Yang cosmological doctrines that flourished between IV and III century BCE, and as such presents a unique theory of persuasion tightly woven into the Yin Yang conceptual fabric. This article presents the Yin Yang-based concept of language and its cosmo-ontological ramifications as emerging notions in Guiguzi, and illustrates why, according to the text, no one but a true shengren, can master the Guigucian art of persuasion. Thus persuasion as a unique domain of shengren’s activity becomes Dao and constitutes a vital energy that co-creates reality. In addition, care is taken to differentiate a Guigucian shengren from a characteristic Confucian or Daoist shengren as bearing certain traces of remnant shamanism.

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Integrative Dialogue as a Path to Universalism: The Case of Buber and Zhuangzi

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Allinson R. E.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2016

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issue 4

87-104

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I argue that it is through an integrative dialogue based on the Ijing (Book of Chang-es) model of cooperative and cyclical change rather than a Marxist or neo-Marxist dia-lectical model of change based upon the Hegelian model of conflict and replacement that promises the greatest possibility of peaceful coexistence.1 As a case study of a dia-logue between civilizations, I utilize both a mythical and an historical encounter betwe-en Martin Buber, representing the West, and Zhuangzi, representing the East. I show that despite the vast temporal, historic, linguistic and cultural differences, that the dialo-gue between Zhuangzi and Buber is complementary and not adversarial.

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Language in Zhuangzi: How to Say Without Saying?

Język, Yin Yang, i sztuka perswazji: słowo o Guiguzi (鬼谷子)

Integrative Dialogue as a Path to Universalism: The Case of Buber and Zhuangzi