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- Title
The Family Resemblance Structure of Yin-Yang and Five Element Theory in Pre-Qin and Mid-Western Han Period China.
- Authors
Fung Shu Fun
- Abstract
Kuang Zhiren has suggested that Yin-Yang and Five Element Theory should be described as the "general systems theory" of Chinese academic disciplines. However, considerable theoretical difficulties exist if one cites Ludwig von Bertalanffy's "general systems theory" to explain Yin-Yang and Five Element Theory. For this reason, the author of this thesis wishes instead to use Ludwig Wittgenstein's "family resemblance" theory as a revised theoretical model to more accurately describe Yin-Yang and Five Element Theory. Consequently, this thesis will cite various treatises and historical facts related to the latter theory in support of the "family resemblance" structure, from prior to and during the Western and Eastern Han dynasties. This thesis will explain the development of Yin-Yang and Five Element Theory in the context of the history of ideology in China. In particular, it will also explore the role of Dong Zhongshu in the general application of the theory.
- Subjects
CHINA; FIVE agents (Chinese philosophy); DUALISM; DONG Zhongshu, ca. 2nd century B.C.; CHINESE philosophy; WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig, 1889-1951; NOMINALISM; UNIVERSALS (Philosophy); GERMAN civilization; CHINESE history, 221 B.C.-960 A.D.; INTELLECTUAL life
- Publication
Chinese Studies / Hanxue Yanjiu, 2009, Vol 27, Issue 2, p233
- ISSN
0254-4466
- Publication type
Article