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Love and Emotions in Traditional Chinese Literature
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Do all cultures and historical periods have a concept corresponding to the English word emotion? This collection of essays is concerned with the closest candidate within the Chinese language, namely the term qíng. What is the meaning of this term in different periods and genres? What are the types of discourse in which it is typically found? This volume contains two essays on the notion of qíng in classical sources, two on Chan Buddhist usage, and two on fiction and drama from the Ming and Qing dynasties. An introductory essay discusses the complex historical development of the term. Together, the essays may be read as a first step towards a conceptual history of one of the key terms in traditional Chinese culture.
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“In Section 11 of his Essentials of Chan, Yuanmiao treats both factors as being in symbiotic relationship ('It is certain that the more faith you have, the more doubt you will have' 決能便恁麽信去 . 便恁麽疑去 ).”
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“The first essential is to have the faculty of great faith: This Matter should be so patently obvious that it is just as if you are leaning against Mt. Sumeru.”
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“The third essential is to have the sensation of great doubt, which is just as if you've done a heinous act in secret and are about to be exposed.”
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“One of the most influential features of Yuanmiao's presentation of kanhwa Sŏn training was to systematise its principal constituents into what he termed the 'three essentials' (Ch. sanyao /Kor samyo 三要 ): 1) the 'faculty of great faith' (Ch. daxin'gen/ Kor. taesin'gŭn 大信根 ); 2) 'great fury' , or perhaps 'great passionate intent' (Ch. dafenzhi /Kor. taebunji 大憤志 ); and 3) the 'great sensation of do”
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“The second essential is to have great fury, which is just as if you've come across the villain who murdered your father and right then and there you want to cut him in half with a single strike of your sword.”
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