Obstruction and entry

Author: Fran?ois Jullien
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Publish Date: 1998-02-01
Features: There are many reasons why people are interested in China. It may be due to its splendid and rich civilization, or because of its increasingly prominent role in the world. The particularly dialectical reason that motivated me to learn Chinese is: the Chinese language lies outside the vast Indo-European language system, and it opens up another possibility for writing; because Chinese civilization is one of the oldest civilizations, and it has developed independently for a long time without actual reference or influence from Europe. Using Chinese civilization as an intermediary to rethink the Western Greek tradition. The author wants to show Westerners the logic and special effectiveness of the "circumvent"—this other meaning strategy, which stands in contrast to the "direct." A Western scholar, through the interpretation of ancient Chinese classics, discovers a discourse of "signs" that is not intended to be essentially universal. From this, the richness and wisdom of Chinese culture arise: how does distance become an effective source? Or, to put it another way: What does Yu Hui rely on to provide access?