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Wei-Jin Metaphysics 魏晉玄學

Music and Philosophy
Part 2: The notion of harmony in Ji Kang’s life
May 17 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
Ji Kang — The Paragon of the Wei-Jin Literati
Part 1: An individualist in a time of great confusion
May 17 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
Political Realism: The Neo-Taoist Way
Part 3: Guo Xiang on life and politics
Apr 5 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
The Metaphysics of Being
Part 2: Guo Xiang’s theory of spontaneous self-generation
Mar 29 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
Guo Xiang — the Architect of Neo-Taoism
Part 1: The rise of the Chuang Tzu 莊子 in Wei-Jin China
Mar 22 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
From Non-being to Governance
Part 4: Wang Bi's political philosophy
Mar 8 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
Wu 無 as the Philosophy of Life
Part 3: An existential application
Mar 1 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
Wu 無 as Ground
Part 2: Wang Bi on non-being — more than “nothingness.”
Feb 22 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
Wang Bi and the Metaphysics of Wu 無
Part 1: Notes on Wang Bi’s philosophy.
Feb 8 • Yuxuan Francis Liu
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