Vortrag von Hon Tze-Ki: The Question of the Democratic State: Zhang Taiyan’s Zhuangzi Commentary
4. Dezember 2019, von AAI Webmaster
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Die Abteilung für Sprache und Kultur Chinas und die Hamburger Sinologische Gesellschaft e.V. laden alle Interessierten am Mittwoch, den 4. Dezember 2019, um 18 Uhr in Raum 121 des Asien-Afrika-Instituts herzlich zu einem Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Hon Tze-Ki von der City University of Hong Kong ein:
The Question of the Democratic State: Zhang Taiyan’s Zhuangzi Commentary
After many debates and deliberations, Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1868-1939) remains an enigma to this day. We know that he was a philosopher schooled in Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and European thought. We also know that he was a leader of the 1911 revolution that ended the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). But we have been perplexed and puzzled by his chaotic political career. First, he was a young revolutionary leader who, from 1906 to 1911, singlehandedly created a political ideology for the new Chinese nation-state. And then, he was an influential politician in the early republican period (1911-1919) who advocated the centralization of power to preserve the unity and integrity of the new Republic of China. Finally, he was a fervent supporter of the self-rule of the southern provinces during the “Federalist Moment” (1920-1925) to challenge the authority of the central government in Beijing.
His erratic political career notwithstanding, it will be argued that Zhang Taiyan made sustained efforts at resolving a fundamental question of the modern time: the question of the democratic state. He is going to discuss Zhang’s political philosophy by examining his interpretation of “Discourse on Making All Things Equal” (Qiwu lun 齊物論) of the Zhuangzi.
Werke von Hon Tze-Ki in der Bibliothek des Asien-Afrika-Instituts:
The allure of the nation: the cultural and historical debates in Late Qing and Republican China. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
Revolution as restoration: Guocui xuebao and China's path to modernity, 1905 – 1911. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
(Hrsg.) The politics of historical production in late Qing and Republican China. Leiden: Brill, 2007.
The Yijing and Chinese politics: classical commentary and literati activism in the northern Song Period, 960-1127. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005.