China before Buddhism

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3 жыл бұрын

Prof Van Norden introduces the social and intellectual background leading up to the introduction of Buddhism to China.
Preceding Lecture in This Series: "The Greatest Daoist Philosopher: Zhuangzi," kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7SaqJirrMzImn0.html
Following Lecture in This Series: "Chinese Cosmology," kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrx5Z5Npu53WZHk.html
Overview of Some Early Dynasties: 0:18
Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States: 4:57
Six Philosophical Schools of Ancient China: 10:26
Unification under the Qin: 16:00
Han Dynasty Society: 18:55
Six Dynasties and Rise of Buddhism: 23:11
Han Dynasty Philosophy: 27:14
Dong Zhongshu: 33:52

Пікірлер: 20

@carlosarceo7283 3 жыл бұрын

This is just superb! Thank you Prof. van Norden

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@barbarajaszczuk4426 4 ай бұрын

Thank you professor, your lecturers are a superb addition to my acupuncture studies!

@thomasjordan3241 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for posting this!!

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@joelallison4355 2 жыл бұрын

fantastic. thank you for posting this video

@dwl3006 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful lectures, they are superb. Why isn't Dong Zhonghu's commentary considered as one of the commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals?

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

In a sense, Dong Zhongshu's work certainly is a commentary on the Spring and Autumn, but there are three "classic" commentaries on the Spring and Autumn: The Zuo, the Guliang, and the Gongyang commentaries. It's just a matter of what is considered a "classic."

@YiTubeChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent overview of early Chinese philosophies Bryan. I'll share it with my Yijing group on FB.

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing my video!

@mohammedrashid2906 Жыл бұрын

Thank

@Autumna-rp5fk Жыл бұрын

Nice

@Rossion64 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Thank you very much for these great talks. I'm becoming an enthusiastic Confucian. Dong Zhongshu seems like a Chinese Cornutus

@karenburrows9184 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this lecture. A student of the T'ang dynasty, I realize previous dynasties' histories are the foundation of T'ang society. I was under the impression that Daoism was the principal religion of T'ang, rather than Confucianism, or was it only the court religion at Chang an? Also, regarding the interpretation of characters, would it not be more accurate to give them their meanings based on the character's meaning at the time they were written? Similar to what we have discovered in biblical writings to date?

@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Жыл бұрын

Daoism was certainly influential at many periods in Chinese history. As I point out in this lecture, beginning in the Han, Confucianism was often "content free," and did not involve any particular commitment on the part of adherents. You might enjoy some of my later lectures where I talk about Buddhism in the Tang dynasty.

@karenburrows9184 Жыл бұрын

@@BryanVanNordenPhilosophy Thank you for your response, professor. I will look at those lectures.