Tang Zhen

Tang Zhen ( Chinese  唐甄 , Pinyin Táng Zhēn , W.-G. T'ang Chen ; born 1630 ; died 1704 ), zi : Zhuwan 鑄 萬 , hao : Puting 圃 亭 , was a Chinese thinker from the time of the early Qing Dynasty .

life and work

Tang came from Dazhou 達州 (Da 達縣 County , now Dachuan , Sichuan Province ). In addition to a ten-month career as a district magistrate, Tang devoted his entire life to studying the Confucian classics. He considered himself to be the successor to Wang Yangming (1472–1529). In fact, however, it went far beyond Wang's theory. First he turned against the empty talk of the Neoconfucians about spirit and nature and advocated the unity of knowledge and practice. He took the position that practical success results from the perfect cultivation of the mind and nature and reflected them. He directed violent attacks against the feudal monarchy, claiming that kings and rulers were all robbers and thieves. His main work is the Qianshu ( 潜 書 , Qiánshū , Ch'ien-shu , for example: book about private thoughts ).

The sinologist Jacques Gernet made a translation into French of his only major work .

Works

• Qianshu 潜 书 ( Zhonghua shuju , 1963)

A commentary on Qianshu ( Qianshu zhu 潜 书 注 ) was published by Sichuan publishing house renmin chubanshe in 1984 (see HYDZD bibliography 2194)

(French translation) Tang Zhen, Ecrits d'un sage encore inconnu . Trad., Presentation and notes. Jacques Gernet , 1992, ISBN 2-07-072440-9 ( Connaissance de l'Orient )

See also

• Wang Shouren

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Article: "Tang Zhen", in: Han-Ying Zhongguo zhexue cidian. Kaifeng 2002, p. 557
2. ↑ cf. French book trade link

literature

• 汉英 中国 哲学 辞典. 开封 2002
• Zhao, Zongzheng, "Tang Zhen" . Great Chinese Encyclopedia (Vol. Philosophy), 1st A.
• Hsiung Ping-chen: “Personal Experience as a Source in Developing Statecraft Concerns - The Case of T'ang Chen (1630–1704)” - mh.sinica.edu.tw * (chin.)

Web links

• Qianshu 潛 書 "The Book of Profundity"
• Qianshu - in the Chinese Text Project