Registration to Departmental Seminar, Department of Philosophy (1 Nov 2024)

Title: The Conception of Dao in the Zhuangzi

Speaker: Prof. Cheung Kam-ching (Emeritus Professor, Department of Philosophy, CUHK)

Date: 1 November 2024 (Fri)
Time: 4:30pm-6:30pm HK Time
Venue: Room 220, Fung King Hey Building (Limited seats. Registrations will be handled on a first come, first served basis.) with synchronous online broadcasting on Zoom

Abstract:
I begin by arguing that there are two different conceptions of dao in pre-Qin philosophy. The more general conception can be defined as “a nonempty changing unsummed totality,” while the other is defined as “the invariant governing all instances of change.” I then argue for the exegetical point that the Daodejing adopts both the conception of dao as the nonempty changing unsummed totality of myriad things and as the nomic-invariant of weakening reversion. Dao as the nomic-invariant of weakening reversion characterizes and can be identified with dao as the nonempty changing unsummed totality of myriad things. The main thesis I advance in this presentation is that the Zhuangzi holds that dao is the nonempty transforming unsummed totality of myriad things but does not think there are any invariants in the grand process of transformation of the myriad things. Additionally, I use the findings of this investigation to offer a plausible interpretation of a difficult passage in the Zhuangzi.

Attend seminar online. No registration is required.
Meeting ID: 950 8051 0623
Link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/95080510623

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