Najwyższa nauka Da xue 大學 — próba interpretacji tekstu w duchu wczesnego konfucjanizmu
Greatest Learning Da Xue 大學: Translation and Interpretation of the Text in the Light of Early Confucian Philosophy
Author(s): Katarzyna PejdaSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Non-European Philosophy, Other Language Literature, East Asian Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: early Confucianism; Da Xue; Great Learning; morality; confucian utopia
Summary/Abstract: The article contains translation of classical Chinese text Greatest Learning Da Xue 大學 and the interpretation of important terms such as de 德 and gewu 格物. Da Xue is a part of ancient Chinese texts Liji 禮記 but the reinterpretation of the text became later a basis of neo-confucian philosophy. I argue that Da Xue is a pragmatic manual for an individual who firstly wants to cultivate himself and being cultivated is able to change the world into confucian utopia. Hence the phrase gewu does not have a meaning of “investigating things” in order to understand li 理 but “understanding the order of things that come”.
Journal: Roczniki Humanistyczne
- Issue Year: 66/2018
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 87-108
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish