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Mieke Matthyssen

Ignorance is Bliss: The Chinese Art of Not Knowing

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This book examines the popular, yet puzzling, Chinese saying Nande hutu ???? to uncover how the ancient Chinese wisdom of not knowing is constructed, interpreted, practiced and valued in contemporary society. Originating in the calligraphy of Qing-dynasty scholar Zheng Banqiao, Nande hutu translates literally as: hard to attain muddle-headedness. Mieke Matthyssen traces the historical development of this saying and related philosophies to reveal a culturally conditioned, multi-layered inclination to different forms of not knowing. In contemporary society, she argues, this inclination forms part of a living art: in some respects, a passive, ev… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sundararajan, Louise (Beitr.) / Yang, Jie (Vorb.)
  • ISBN: 978-3-030-73902-7
  • EAN: 9783030739027
  • Produktnummer: 36746870
  • Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 6'728 KB

Über den Autor


Mieke Matthyssen is a lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research interests focus on the intellectual history and contemporary interpretation of traditional Chinese philosophies of life, health strategies and indigenous psychology. She has published in journals such as Contemporary Chinese Thought and Journal of Asian History.

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