Unlocking the Chinese Gate
Manifestations of the Space "In-Between" in Early China
Unlocking the Chinese Gate offers an innovative analysis of gates in early Chinese thought and material culture. Observing gates from various perspectives-including philosophy, architecture, and psychology-and through the conceptual lens of Chinese correlative thinking, Galia Dor conceptualizes the Chinese gate as a membrane-like apparatus that, from the space "in-between," efficaciously manifests (de) the Way (dao) into the "ten thousand" forms of actualized life. This methodology exposes an open-to-closed gradation between pairs of inside/outside (wai/nei) that resonates throughout the Chinese model of psychocosmic concentric circles. The consequential strategies (e.g., continuity/break, chaos/order) demonstrate how early Chinese cosmological, philosophical, and political idealities, as well as afterlife religious beliefs, were applied-including the various approaches to and practices of self-cultivation. The book sheds new light on ancient Chinese thought and material culture and offers points of comparison to Western thought and modern science, including a model of "decision-gating" that carries relevant implications and insights to our current lives.
| Autor: | Dor Galia |
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| ISBN: | 9781438497525 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Ingram Publishers Services |
| Veröffentlicht: | 02.11.2024 |
| Untertitel: | Manifestations of the Space "In-Between" in Early China |
| Schlagworte: | ARCHITECTURE / History / Ancient & Classical Ancient World Asian History BCE period – Protohistory BCE to c 500 CE China Classical style Cognition & cognitive psychology Cognition and cognitive psychology East Asian and Indian philosophy HISTORY / Asia / China History of Architecture History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE Oriental & Indian philosophy PHILOSOPHY / Taoist PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition RELIGION / Taoism Taoism |
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