Authors' Affiliation: Chinese University of Hong Kong.
摘要
The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion. However, so far there is no systemic comparative study of Chinese and Indian philosophies and religions. Therefore there is a need to fill this gap. As such, Brahman and Dao: Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion is a pioneering volume in that it highlights possible bridges between these two great cultures and complex systems of thought, with seventeen chapters on various Indo-Chinese comparative topics. The book focuses on four themes: metaphysics and soteriology; ethics; body, health and spirituality; and language and culture.
目次
Acknowledgments ix List of Contributors Introduction xi Part One: Metaphysics and Soteriology Chapter 1: One, Water, and Cosmogony: Reflections on the Rgveda X.129 and the Taiyi sheng shui 3 Chapter Two: Exploring Parallels between the Philosophy of Upanisads and Daoism 19 Chapter Three: The Way of silent Realization: Ineffability and Rationality in the Philosophical Mysticisms of Sa?kara and Zhan Ruoshui 35 Chapter Four: Impermanence and Immortality: The concept of pañca-skandha in Buddhism and in Twofold Mystery Daoism 53 Section Two: Ethics Chapter Five: Li and Dharma: Gandhi, Confucius and Virtue Aesthetics 67 Chapter Six: Ethics and Metaphysics in the Bhagavadgita and Classical Chinese Thought 79 Chapter Seven: Communal Moral Personhood and Moral Responsibility in the Analects and the Bhagavadgita 95 Chapter Eight: Ethics of Compassion: Buddhist Karu?a and Confucian Ren 107 Chapter Nine: Why “Besire” Is Not Bizarre: Moral Knowledge in Confucianism and Hinduism 119 Section Three: Body, Health and Spirituality Chapter Ten: Yoga and Daoyin: History, Worldview, and Techniques 143 Chapter Eleven: The Emergence of Classical Medicine in Ancient China and India 169 Chapter Twelve: Health, Illness, and the Body in Buddhist and Daoist Self-Cultivation 181 Section Four: Language and Culture Chapter Thirteen: Indic Influence on Chinese Language 195 Chapter Fourteen: Magical Alphabet in the Indian and Chinese Minds: From the Garland of Letters to Master Pu’an’s Siddham Mantra 209 Chapter Fifteen: Mixed up on “Matching Terms” (geyi): Confusions in Cross-cultural Translation 231 Chapter Sixteen: The Ludic Quality of Life: A Comparison of the Caitanaya-caritam?ta and the Zhuangzi 247 Chapter Seventeen: The Poet and the Historian: Criticism of the Modern Age by Rabindranath Tagore and Qian Mu 263 Index 277 About the Contributors 289
