The Philosophy of Life ― A New Reading of the Zhuangzi

A scholar of Daoism, Chen provides a detailed analysis and unique interpretation of Zhuangzi's inner, outer, and miscellaneous chapters. He does not focus on the philology, as many scholars do, but on a philosophical reading highlighting the main topics of self-cultivation, aesthetics, and epistemology. His perspectives range from the historical background of the Warring States Period to his own personal political experience, and being also a scholar of Nietzsche, he draws parallels between some of their perspectives. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Chen Guying, Master (1963), National Taiwan University. Chen is a professor at Beijing University (Beida) since 2011 for Chinese Philosophy. He has published translations, articles and monogrpahs on Daoism, especially the Laozi and Zhuangzi, as well as on Nietzsche and the Book of changes (Yijing), Main works are The tragic philosopher Nietzsche??????尼??, New arguments on Laozi and Zhuangzi??????, Yizhuan and the thoughts of Daoism?????????, Daoism construction of Zhouyi Studies????????. Dominique Hertzer, Ph.D. (1993, LMU Munich) and PhD (2005, University of Witten Herdecke). She lectures at LMU Munich and the Univeristy of Gottingen on Daoism and Chinese Medicine. She is also working as an TCM therapist. She has published articles, translations, and monographs on the Mawangdui Yijing, Daoism and Chinese Medicine, including the work “The Medical Notion of the Psyche as an Expression of Philosophical Thought: China and the Occident.”