...This chapter examines the early Mohist rhetoric on upward conformity to ascertain their views on the limits and parameters of individual agency and autonomous decision-making powers. By exploring what underlies this rhetoric—rooted so deeply in a religious belief about the nature of Heaven's...

... Jesus Lord of Heaven Ch’ŏnju Zhou Yan Hǒ Kyun idan deviant teachings Wang Yangming Yang Zhu Yan Jun He Xinyin Hwanghae province Kyŏnggi province Yŏngjo King Yŏngmu Yi Kyŏngok li patterns of appropriate interaction Zilu Deomcritos Heraclitus Yu the Great devil Adam and Eve Tianzhu...

...Eske Janus Møllgaard argues there is a strong sense of transcendence in Zhuangzi that is expressed in Zhuangzi’s notion of transcendental life, or the life of Heaven (tian ?) as opposed to the life of human beings (ren ?). He further insists that Zhuangzi’s central notion of “wandering” (you...

... be contained. Sui-Tang (589-907) tales of the unfilial have a different emphasis. In these narratives, the main protagonist is the unfilial child – there is no filial son to save the day. However, Heaven steps in and supernaturally punishes the unfilial, often by means of a lightning bolt. The emphasis...