Ziporyn, Brook, The Penumbra Unbound: The Neo-Taoist Philosophy of Guo Xiang

摘要

In The Penumbra Unbound Brook Ziporyn presents the philosophy of the important Neo-nDaoist GUO Xiang 郭象. Hitherto, English language publications on Guo have mainlynregarded him as a commentator of the Zhuangzi 莊子. While Guo’s philosophy is availablen“merely” as commentary, Ziporyn is able to deduce Guo’s own philosophical position. Henreleases this xuanxue 玄學 (abstruse learning) thinker from being just a commentator andnsucceeds in showing his distinctive philosophical importance. Ziporyn’s enlightening studynshows that Guo had his own Neo-Daoist philosophy that was quite distinct from both othernNeo-Daoists (particularly WANG Bi 王弼) and traditional Daoist philosophies (those given innthe Daodejing 道德經 and the Zhuangzi).