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Chuang-tzu Assignments
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November 26
[Reading: Graham, trans., Chuang-tzu, "Going Rambling Without a Destination," pp. 43-7 and "What Matters in the Nurture of Life," pp. 62-5]
- Perspectives
- What do the K'un and P'eng, and cicada and dove, respectively, represent? Is one pair superior to the other? Why or why not?
- Cook Ting: Taoist "Master"?
- Would Cook Ting be a good ruler? Or archer? Would you say he represents a Taoist ideal?
November 28
[Reading: "The Sorting Which Evens Things Out," pp. 48-61]
- Read this chapter more than once!
- What passages seem related to the creation and flexibility of linguistic distinctions and subject-object distinctions?
- Can you find clear disagreements with Mencius here? With Xunzi?
- What are we being told about the sage? What does it mean to "use illumination"?
December 3
- Continued Discussion of "The Sorting Which Evens Things Out."
December 5
[Reading: "Worldly Business Among Men," pp. 66-75 and "The Teacher Who is the Ultimate Ancestor," pp. 84-93]
- Acceptance, Rather Than Commitment
- In what terms would Confucius, Mozi, or Mencius criticize the attitudes expressed in "Worldly Business Among Men"?
- Roaming Outside the Lines
- On p. 92, Yen Hui attains the state of "sit[ting] and forget[ting]." What does this mean? How is it connected to the stories of people unfazed by death from earlier in the chapter?
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Stephen C. Angle
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