A Tripartite Self: Mind, Body, and Spirit in Early China

Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Notes on Conventions, Editions, and Transcriptions
Introduction
	Intersecting Perspectives
	Mind–​Body and Spirit–​Body Dualism
	A Tripartite Self
	Plan of the Book
1 Semantic Fields of Body, Mind, and Spirit
	Bodies
	Minds
	Spirit(s)
2 Virtue, Body, and Mind in the Shijing
	Bodies in the Shijing
	Xin
	Spirits
	More on Embodied Virtue
	Conclusion
3 Mind and Spirit Govern the Body
	Body, Mind, and Spirits in the Analects
	The Mozi
	The Emergence of Internal Spirit in the Guanzi
	Heart–​Mind as Ruler in the Mencius
	Xunzi and the Hegemony of the Heart–​Mind
	Rulers and Ruled in the Guodian Texts
	The Heart–​Mind Is What Is at the Center (Xin shi wei zhong)
	Heart–​Mind and Spirit in the Huainanzi and Wenzi
	Conclusion
4 Body, Mind, and Spirit: A Tripartite View
	Yang Zhu’s Discovery of the Body
	Mind and Spirit in the Guanzi
	The Zhuangzi
	Spirit and Body in the Shiwen
	The Huainanzi
	Conclusion
5 Body, Mind, and Spirit in the Guodian Manuscripts
	Body, Emotion, and Heart–​Mind in Humans and Animals
	Heart–​Mind and Body in the Xingzi Mingchu
	Heart–​Mind and Body in the Wuxing
	Conclusion
6 Body, Mind, and Spirit in Early Chinese Medicine
	Mind–​Body Dualism and Medical Texts
	Shén and Xin in the Huangdi Neijing
	Conclusion
Conclusions
	Inner and Outer Reconsidered
	Personal Identity and Persistence
	Embodied Cognition
Glossary
Appendix 1: Time Lines
Appendix 2: Semantic Fields of Body, Mind, and Spirit
Appendix 3: The Brain in the Huangdi Neijing
References
Index