Workshop Series: Global Reception of the Classic Zhuangzi
Detail, Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, A Philosopher Watching a Pair of Butterflies, from The Picture Book of Realistic Paintings of Hokusai, 1809-1819, Color woodblock; album sheet. 22.8 x 33.9 cm, Frederick W. Gookin Collection, Art Institute Chicago, Ref. No. 1939.1186.
Global Reception of the Classic Zhuangzi: Han to Tang (march 8-9, 2019)
Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley
In the first installation of our workshops series on the global reception of the classic Zhuangzi 莊子, we explored the text’s earliest reception from the Han 漢 (206 BCE - 220 CE) to the Tang 唐 Dynasty (618-907). We translated and discussed passages from the following texts/writers arranged in chronological order: 1) Han Historiographical Texts 2) Ruan Ji’s 阮籍 (210-263 CE) Discourse on Comprehending Zhuangzi (Da Zhuang lun 達莊論); 3) Wang Bi’s 王弼 (226-249 CE) Commentary to the Book of Changes (Yijing 易經); 4) Ji Kang’s 嵇康 (223-262 CE) Poetry; 5) Guo Xiang’s 郭象 (252-312 CE) Commentary to the Zhuangzi; 6) Cheng Xuanying’s 成玄英 (fl. 631–655) Sub-Commentary to the Zhuangzi; 7) Sima Chengzhen’s 司馬承禎 (647-735) Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting (Zuowang lun 坐忘論).
Lo Ch’ing 羅青, A Pre-Mature Birth of an Ink Butterfly 提前化作墨蝴蝶, 2007, Ink and Color on Paper, 137 x 68 cm, Private Collection
Global Reception of the Classic Zhuangzi: Song to Ming (March 23-25, 2023)
Department of Religion, Reed College, Portland
In this second installation, we explore the Zhuangzi’s reception history during the Song 宋 (960-1279), Yuan 元 (1279-1368), and Ming 明 (1368-1644) dynasties. Among others, we will translate and discuss passages from the following texts arranged in chronological order: 1) Li Shibiao’s 李士表 (fl. 12th century) Ten Essays on Zhuangzi and Liezi (Zhuanglie shilun 莊列十論); 2) Lin Xiyi’s 林希逸 (1193-1271) Yanzhai’s Verbalization of the Zhuangzi’s Meaning (Zhuangzi yanzhai kouyi 莊子鬳齋口義); 3) Li Zhi’s 李贄 (1527-1602) Dissecting the Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi jie 莊子解); 4) Kunqu-Versions of Zhuangzi Tempts his Wife (Zhuangzi shi qi 莊子式妻) 5) Cheng Yining’s 程以寧 Commentary and Sub-commentary to the True Classic of Southern Splendor (Nanhua zhenjing zhushu 南華真經註疏); 6) Hanshan Deqing’s 憨山德清 (1546-1623) Hanshan’s Commentary to the Zhuangzi’s Inner Chapters (Zhuangzi neipian Hanshan zhu 莊子內篇憨山注); 7) Fang Yizhi’s 方以智 (1611-1674) Yaodi Fires the Zhuangzi (Yaodi pao Zhuang 藥地炮莊).