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Back to SearchHPC 44. Like a Fish Out of Water: Animal Stories in the Zhuangzi
Episode 223
The many stories about animals in the Zhuangzi encourage us to adopt a perspective that goes beyond the human point of view.
Published on 3 days, 4 hours ago
HPC 43. Chiu Wai-Wai on the Zhuangzi and Mohism
Episode 222
An interview on debates over language and reasoning between the Mohists and the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi.
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
HPC 42. A Black and White World: the Zhuangzi on Shi-Fei Dogmatism
Episode 221
The Zhuangzi’s critique of dogmatic approaches to argumentation and governing the state.
Published on 1 month ago
HPC 41. To Speak or Not to Speak: Skepticism in the Zhuangzi
Episode 220
We introduce the second great classic of Warring States Daoism, the Zhuangzi, and ask whether it adopts a position of radical skepticism.
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
HPC 40. Antiheroes: Sunzi’s Art of War
Episode 217
Are the methods of warfare proposed in the famous Art of War an example of “applied Daoism”?
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
HPC 39. Robin Wang on Yin-Yang Thinking
Episode 219
An interview on the pervasive use of the yin-yang relational pair in classical Chinese thought generally, and in Daoism in particular.
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
HPC 38. Easy Does It: Non-Action in the Laozi
Episode 216
The concept of wuwei or “non-action”: does it mean that the perfect sage or political ruler simply never does anything?
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
HPC 37. She Stoops to Conquer: Femininity in the Laozi
Episode 215
How the Laozi (Daodejing) applies the lessons of complementarity to the contrast between male and female.
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
HPC 36. Fishing for Complements: Polarities in Daoism
Episode 218
The significance of the Laozi’s use of opposing pairs, which are treated as complementary rather as exclusive dichotomies.
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
HPC 35. Way Better than Greenwashing: Daoism on Nature
Episode 214
The Laozi (Daodejing) refers to the winds, the rain and the waters. We discuss how these ideas express the Laozi’s views on nature.
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago