Taoist Philosophy in Chinese Science Fiction: A Comparison between Zhuangzi and Broken Stars

Wang, Aiqing ORCID: 0000-0001-7546-4959 (2021) Taoist Philosophy in Chinese Science Fiction: A Comparison between Zhuangzi and Broken Stars. Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya, 11 (2). p. 237.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26714/lensa.11.2.2021.237-251

Abstract

<jats:p>Chinese science fiction has been attaining global visibility since Liu Cixin’s trilogy entitled Remembrance of Earth’s Past. The trilogy’s English translator Liu Yukun has edited and rendered a science-fiction anthology that comprises sixteen novellas composed by fourteen Chinese novelists. Apart from a fecundity of imagination and richness of imagery-evoking depictions, narratives compiled in the anthology also epitomise Taoist philosophy conveyed in Zhuangzi, a Warring States (475-221 BC) treatise ascribed to an illustrious philosopher Zhuangzi. Philosophical constructs in the anthology can be exemplified by quintessential construals such as ‘non-action’, ‘resting in destiny’ and ‘self-so’, as well as mindset appertaining to temporal and aesthetic issues. </jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures
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Date Deposited:	24 May 2022 11:16
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:01
DOI:	10.26714/lensa.11.2.2021.237-251
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