Linguistic strategies in Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism : the other way of speaking / / Youru Wang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451533503321
• Autore: Wang Youru
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• ISBN: 0-415-86834-3; 1-280-02265-5; 1-134-42977-0; 0-203-45114-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 299.51482
• Soggetti: Language and languages - Religious aspects - Taoism; Language and languages - Religious aspects - Zen Buddhism; Taoism - Doctrines; Zen Buddhism - Doctrines; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: LINGUISTIC STRATEGIES IN DAOIST ZHUANGZI AND CHAN BUDDHISM The other way of speaking; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Deconstruction in the Zhuangziand in Chan Buddhism; 2 Understanding deconstruction through the Zhuangzi and Chan; 3 Zhuangzi's dao deconstructs . . . and Zhuangzi deconstructs his dao; 4 The deconstruction of Buddha nature in Chan Buddhism; Part II The liminology of language in the Zhuangzi and in Chan Buddhism; 5 What is a liminology of language?; 6 Zhuangzi's liminology of "speaking non-speaking"; 7 The Chan contribution to the liminology of languagePart III Pragmatics of indirect communication in the Zhuangzi and in Chan Buddhism; 8 The displacement of indirect communication; 9 The pragmatics of "goblet words": indirect communication in the Zhuangzi; 10 The pragmatics of "never tell too plainly": indirect communication in Chan; Concluding remarks; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As the first systematic attempt to probe the linguistic strategies of ; Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism, this book investigates three areas: deconstructive strategy, liminology of language, and indirect communication. It bases these investigations on the critical examination of original texts, placing them strictly within soteriological contexts. Whilst focusing on language use, the study also reveals some important truths about these two traditions and challenges many conventional understandings of them. Responding to recent critiques of Daoist and Chan Buddhist thought, it brings these two