The Limitations of Ritual Propriety: Ritual and Language in Xúnzǐ and Zhuāngzǐ

This essay examines the theory of ritual propriety presented in the Xúnzǐ and criticisms of Xunzi-like views found in the classical Daoist anthology Zhuāngzǐ. To highlight the respects in which the Zhuāngzǐ can be read as posing a critical response to a Xunzian view of ritual propriety, the essay ju...

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Main Author: Fraser, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2012
In: Sophia
Year: 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-282
Further subjects:B Daoism
B Ritual
B Xúnzǐ
B Confucianism
B Zhuāngzǐ
B Rectification of names
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