The poetic wisdom of language

Author: Ma Qinzhong
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
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The first part explores the necessity of distinguishing between factual and value issues in cultural exchange and research. It focuses on establishing the value foundation of Chinese culture, especially in the context where Western humanities research is increasingly inclined toward "poeticization." Under such circumstances, the value foundation of Chinese culture demonstrates its vitality. The second part discusses the individual characteristics and humanistic responsibilities of artists as intellectuals, analyzing and comparing the different cultural perspectives on music and numbers between ancient China and ancient Greece. The third part is the core of the book. It employs Western linguistic philosophy, linguistic culture studies, and hermeneutics, combining them with Chinese studies in textual criticism and phonology, to propose the concept of "synchronic culture" in Chinese cultural traditions. It elaborates on the social formation of the "synchronic culture" tradition, which tends toward "summer" in temporal traditions and a central tendency in spatial transmission, thereby demonstrating the cultural characteristics and social functions of the poetic wisdom of language from an important perspective.