ISBN: 9781942130130 - the chinese pleasure book: sustaining engagement in early china and beyond (zone books) (11 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. 8vo. pp 453. Original publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket with blue and orange lettering at front and spine. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Illustrated in black and white. ISBN: 9781942130130 Fine.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 453 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and to the health of the body politic. Unlike Western theories of pleasure, early Chinese writings contrast pleasure not with pain but with insecurity, assuming that it is right and proper to seek and take pleasure, as well as experience short-term delight. Equally important is the belief that certain long-term relational pleasures are more easily sustained, as well as potentially more satisfying and less damaging. The pleasures that become deeper and more ingrained as the person invests time and effort to their cultivation include friendship and music, sharing with others, developing integrity and greater clarity, reading and classical learning, and going home. Each of these activities is explored through the early sources (mainly fourth century BC to the eleventh century AD), with new translations of both well-known and seldom-cited texts.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorMichael NylanKlappentextrnrnAn examination of pleasure-short-term delight and the cultivation of longer-term satisfaction-in early Chinese thought.