The Principle of Contextualization in the Interpretation of Classical Chinese Thought

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	The Principle of Contextualization in the Interpretation of Classical Chinese Thought
	Lee, T. M.
	2019-04-13
Source Publication	Philosophy Forum in Zhuhai (2nd): Methodology
Abstract	In the field of classical Chinese philosophy, some scholars with a sinological (historical, linguistic, or philological) background seem to be unsatisfied with the methodology used by scholars of Chinese philosophy. The latter aim to provide a rational reconstruction of the philosophy of a text. For sinologists, this kind of reconstruction depends on an attribution of coherent content to a text; however, from historical or philological perspectives, such an attribution does not take into account the historical context in which the text is produced and the complex editorial and transmission history of early texts. The goal of this paper is to describe this “debate” and then dissolve it by foregrounding the consensus between the two alleged camps. They agree that any text must be understood in context, though the context they focus on may differ: one places stronger emphasis on the historical context while the other focuses on the internal textual context. In distinguishing intertextual context and intratextual context, I argue that these different emphases are complementary in nature. The emphasis on historical (or linguistic and philological) details is as methodologically basic as philosophers’ emphasis on the optimization of intratextual consistency; both are necessary steps in contextualizing a text.
Keyword	Chinese philosophy methodology coherence
Language	英語English
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	43357
Document Type	Conference paper
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Lee, T. M.. The Principle of Contextualization in the Interpretation of Classical Chinese Thought[C], 2019.
APA	Lee, T. M..(2019). The Principle of Contextualization in the Interpretation of Classical Chinese Thought. Philosophy Forum in Zhuhai (2nd): Methodology.

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