{"product_id":"9783032255051","title":"Understanding the Zhuangzi Essential Conceptions and Important Issues","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Comparative East-West Philosophy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eUnderstanding the Zhuangzi\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEssential Conceptions and Important Issues\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLeo K. C. Cheung\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Eastern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eThe exegetical and theoretical investigation of the important and essential conceptions in the \u003cem\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/em\u003e is key to understanding Zhuangzi’s views. This edited volume brings together twelve papers that advance the ongoing scholarly study of the \u003cem\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/em\u003e through exegetical investigation and philosophical engagement with twenty-first-century debates in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of language, and political philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eThe book is divided into two parts. The first presents novel interpretations of several most important and essential conceptions in the \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/em\u003e, including \u003cem\u003edao\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"ZH-TW\" style=\"font-family: 'PMingLiU',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e道\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e, \u003cem\u003ehua\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"ZH-TW\" style=\"font-family: 'PMingLiU',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e化\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e, \u003cem\u003eyan\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"ZH-TW\" style=\"font-family: 'PMingLiU',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e言\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e, \u003cem\u003ezhi\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"ZH-TW\" style=\"font-family: 'PMingLiU',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e知\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eren\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"ZH-TW\" style=\"font-family: 'PMingLiU',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e仁\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e. The second engages the \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/em\u003e with contemporary debates, addressing issues concerning evocative indirect communication, forgetting, fictionalist interpretation, narrative theory, relativism, responsive agency, and political quietism, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eThis volume makes a substantial contribution to Chinese philosophy, \u003cem\u003eZhuangzi\u003c\/em\u003e scholarship, and comparative philosophy, while offering original insights\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003einto debates across multiple areas of contemporary philosophy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eLeo K. C. Cheung (a.k.a. K. T. Leo Tjon) is Emeritus Professor and former Chairperson of the Department of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032255051\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e286\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47199299567756,"sku":"9783032255051","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032255051.jpg?v=1781060994","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032255051","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}