作者簡介

Zuyan Zhou is a professor of Chinese and comparative literature at Hofstra University, USA. His most recent major publication is Androgyny in Late Ming and Early Qing Literature (University of Hawai’i Press, 2003). He has published in a variety of American and international journals and translated several English novels and works on literary criticisms into Chinese.

• Acknowledgements(第1頁)
• Introduction(第1頁)
• Chapter One Quanzhen Daoism and The Story of the Stone(第17頁)
  • 1.1 Skull, Beauty, and Mirror as Tutorial Devices：A Quanzhen Pedagogy(第20頁)
  • 1.2 Heart as an Index of Spiritual Condition：A Quanzhen Perspective(第30頁)
  • 1.3 Zhen Shiyin：A Quanzhen Patriarch Fictionalized(第40頁)
  • 1.4 Miracles and Disasters Consequent to Magic Shows：A Quanzhen Rationale(第52頁)
• Chapter Two Daoist Philosophy in Late Imperial China：Adaptation, Appropriation, Transformation(第67頁)
  • 2.1 The Evolution of the Discourse on the Natural (ziran) and the Cult of Qing(第74頁)
  • 2.2 Seeking Self-Gratification (shi) as a Guiding Principle in Identity Construction(第92頁)
  • 2.3 Freedom from Unscrupulous Action and Selfish Desire (wuwei) as an Espoused Political Ideal(第106頁)
  • 2.4 The Cult of Tao Yuanming：Active Modes in the Personal Use of an Ancient Sage(第121頁)
• Chapter Three Chaos and the Gourd(第137頁)
  • 3.1 Hundun：Chaos as Benevolent Disorder(第138頁)
  • 3.2 Hulu：Gourd as a Microcosmic Symbol of Dao(第159頁)
Chapter Four Bird and Fish(第173頁)
• 4.1 Bird-Fish Imagery in Ancient Chinese Writings(第174頁)
• 4.2 Bird-Fish Imagery in Literati Writings of Imperial China(第177頁)
• 4.3 Bird-Fish Imagery in The Story of the Stone(第191頁)
Chapter Five The Pure and the Natural(第215頁)
• 5.1 The Confucian and Neo-Confucian Ideals of Purity：A Critical Mode(第217頁)
• 5.2 The Daoist Ideal of Purity：An Affirmative Mode(第232頁)
• 5.3 The Buddhist Ideal of Purity：A Satirical Mode(第260頁)
Chapter Six A Brief Reflection in Lieu of Conclusion：Daoist Philosophy, Literati Writings, and Cao Xueqin(第277頁)
Abbreviations(第291頁)
Bibliography(第293頁)
Index(第307頁)