Green Mountain Dojo: Zhuangzi and the Spirit of Chinese Poetic Theory

Author: Liu Shilin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is a significant work by Mr. Liu Chengji on the study of Zhuang-Chan poetry. The author argues that the birth of the spirit of Chinese poetics is inseparable from Taoist philosophy, particularly the influence of Zhuangzi. The mutual permeation and reflection between Zhuang and Chan elevate Chinese poetics to a pure spirit of beauty. The book is divided into six chapters. The first three chapters explore the fundamental characteristics of the Zhuangzi poetic spirit and the emergence of Zhuang-Chan poetics. Chapters four and five discuss its ontology and linguistic perspective, while the sixth chapter discusses how Zhuang-Chan opens the path for Chinese people's poetic existence. The book reflects the author's consistent academic style—grasping the intrinsic essence of Chinese poetics through the interplay of intuition and speculation, and endowing the subject with a modern character through mutual verification between the East and the West.