Thank you for the wonderful lectures, they are superb. Why isn't Dong Zhonghu's commentary considered as one of the commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals?
In a sense, Dong Zhongshu's work certainly is a commentary on the Spring and Autumn, but there are three "classic" commentaries on the Spring and Autumn: The Zuo, the Guliang, and the Gongyang commentaries. It's just a matter of what is considered a "classic."
Thank you for this lecture. A student of the T'ang dynasty, I realize previous dynasties' histories are the foundation of T'ang society. I was under the impression that Daoism was the principal religion of T'ang, rather than Confucianism, or was it only the court religion at Chang an? Also, regarding the interpretation of characters, would it not be more accurate to give them their meanings based on the character's meaning at the time they were written? Similar to what we have discovered in biblical writings to date?
Daoism was certainly influential at many periods in Chinese history. As I point out in this lecture, beginning in the Han, Confucianism was often "content free," and did not involve any particular commitment on the part of adherents. You might enjoy some of my later lectures where I talk about Buddhism in the Tang dynasty.
This is just superb! Thank you Prof. van Norden
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Thank you for the wonderful lectures, they are superb.
Why isn't Dong Zhonghu's commentary considered as one of the commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals?
In a sense, Dong Zhongshu's work certainly is a commentary on the Spring and Autumn, but there are three "classic" commentaries on the Spring and Autumn: The Zuo, the Guliang, and the Gongyang commentaries. It's just a matter of what is considered a "classic."
Thank you professor, your lecturers are a superb addition to my acupuncture studies!
fantastic. thank you for posting this video
Thanks so much for posting this!!
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Excellent overview of early Chinese philosophies Bryan. I'll share it with my Yijing group on FB.
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Excellent! Thank you very much for these great talks. I'm becoming an enthusiastic Confucian. Dong Zhongshu seems like a Chinese Cornutus
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Thank you for this lecture. A student of the T'ang dynasty, I realize previous dynasties' histories are the foundation of T'ang society. I was under the impression that Daoism was the principal religion of T'ang, rather than Confucianism, or was it only the court religion at Chang
an? Also, regarding the interpretation of characters, would it not be more accurate to give them their meanings based on the character's meaning at the time they were written? Similar to what we have discovered in biblical writings to date?
Daoism was certainly influential at many periods in Chinese history. As I point out in this lecture, beginning in the Han, Confucianism was often "content free," and did not involve any particular commitment on the part of adherents. You might enjoy some of my later lectures where I talk about Buddhism in the Tang dynasty.
@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Thank you for your response, professor. I will look at those lectures.
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