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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190329T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/maimonidess-conception-nature-
 and-zhu-xis-doctrine-principlecoherence-li-and-material-force/
SUMMARY:Maimonides's Conception of Nature and Zhu Xi's Doctrine of Principl
 e/Coherence (Li理) and Material Force (Qi氣)
DESCRIPTION:\n	Zhang Ying (Associate Professor\, Department of Philosophy\,
  East China Normal University\; HYI Visiting Scholar 2018-19)\n	Chair/disc
 ussant: David Stern (Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish 
 and Hebrew Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature\, Harvard Un
 iversity)\n\n	Co-sponsored with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies\n\
 n\n	Maimonides (1138-1204) and Zhu Xi (1130-1200) are unparalleled in thei
 r transformation and renewal of the Jewish and the Confucian traditions\, 
 respectively. Through illustrating Maimonides’s interpretation of the ra
 bbinic notion “the Account of the Beginning” (ma‘aseh bereshith) and
  Zhu Xi’s reading of the classical texts\, such as the Book of Changes 
 and the Doctrine of the Mean\, the talk will make a comparison of Maimonid
 es’s conception of nature\, which is a key to understanding his Guide of
  the Perplexed\, and Zhu Xi’s core doctrine of li 理 and qi 氣. More s
 pecifically\, the focus of the talk will be (1) explaining Maimonides’ s
 tatement that the Account of the Beginning is identical with natural scien
 ce\, and (2) examining Zhu Xi’s understanding of certain notions\, such 
 as nature (xing 性)\, number (shu 數)\, principle/coherence (li 理)\, m
 aterial force (qi 氣)\, (two primary forces) dark-bright [yin-yang 陰陽
 ]\, five agents (wu xing 五行) and so on.      
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