論衡 Lunheng

論衡 Lunheng

Lùnhéng [Lun-heng]
Engelse titel: Balanced Discourses / Discussions Weighed

auteur / toegeschreven aan: Wang Chong

The Lunheng is een omvangrijke tekst met meer dan 200.000 karakters.

"In discussing natural phenomena and their implications or causes, matters of popular belief and misconception and political issues, the book is often written in polemical form. A controversial statement is made, to be followed by the author's critical rebuttal, which is often supported by quotations from earlier writings. In many ways the Lun heng may be regarded as an encyclopaedic collection of the claims and beliefs of Chinese religion, thought and folklore. (Loewe 1993)

Indeling tekst

De overgeleverde Lunheng bevat 85 hoofdstukken. Hieronder geven we de Engelse vertaling van Alfred Forke. Tussen haakjes de vindplaats in het werk van Forke (deel I of II en het hoofdstuknummer). De Chinese tekst is in Wade-Giles notatie. Op de site van XWomen kunt u snel de vertaling vinden.

Let op: de vertaling is al meer dan 100 jaar oud.

Book I.
1. 逢遇 Feng-yü - Success and Luck (II, IV)
2. 累害 Lei-hai - Annoyances and Vexations (II, V)
3. 命祿 Ming-lu - On Destiny and Fortune (I, IX)
4. 氣壽 Ch‘i-shou - Long Life and Vital Fluid (I, XXV)
Book II.
5. 幸偶 Hsing-ou - On Chance and Luck (I, X)
6. 命義 Ming-yi - What is meant by Destiny? (I, VII)
7. 無形 Wu-hsing - Unfounded Assertions (I, XXVII)
8. 率性 Shuai-hsing - Forming of Characters (I, XXXI)
9. 吉驗 Chi-yen - Auspicious Portents (I, XIII)
Book III.
10. Ou-hui - Coincidences (II, I)
11. Ku-hsiang - On Anthroposcopy (I, XXIV)
12. Ch‘u-ping - Heaven’s Original Gift (I, VII)
13. Pên-hsing - On Original Nature (I, XXXII)
14. Wu-shih - The Nature of Things (I, IV)
15. Chi-kuai - Miracles (I, XXVI)
Book IV.
16. Shu-hsü - Falsehoods in Books (II, XXIII)
17. Pien-hsü - Fictitious Phenomena (II, XV)
Book V.
18. Yi-hsü - Fictitious Prodigies (II, XVI)
19. Kan-hsü - Fictitious Influences (II, XVII)
Book VI.
20. Fu-hsü - Wrong Notions about Happiness (I, XI)
21. Huo-hsü - Wrong Notions on Unhappiness (I, XII)
22. Lung-hsü - On Dragons (I, XXIX)
23. Lei-hsü - On Thunder and Lightning (I, XXII)
Book VII.
24. Tao-hsü - Taoist Untruths (I, XXVIII)
25. Yü-tsêng - Exaggerations (I, XXXIX)
Book VIII.
26. Ju-tsêng - Exaggerations of the Literati (I, XL)
27. Yi-tsêng - Literary Exaggerations (II,XXIV)
Book IX.
28. Wên K‘ung - Criticisims on Confucius (I, XXXIII)
Book X.
29. Fei Han - Strictures on Han Fei Tse (I, XXXV)
30. T‘se Mêng - Censures on Mencius (I, XXXIV)
Book XI.
31. T‘an-t‘ien - On Heaven (I, XIX)
32. Shuo-jih - On the Sun (I, XX)
33. Ta-ning - On the cunning and artful (II, VI)
Book XII.
34. Ch‘êng-t‘sai Weighing of Talents (II, VII)
35. Liang-chih The Valuation of Knowledge (II, VIII)
36. Hsieh-tuan Admitting Shortcomings (II, IX)
Book XIII.
37. Hsiao-li - The Display of Energy (II, X)
38. Pieh-t‘ung - On Intelligence (II, XI)
39. Ch‘ao-chi - On Preeminence (II, XXVII)
Book XIV.
40. Chuang-liu - Apparent Backwardness (II, XII)
41. Han-wên - On Heat and Cold (I, XXI)
42. Ch‘ien-kao - On Reprimands (I, VI)
Book XV.
43. Pien-tung - Phenomenal Changes (I, V)
44. Chao-chih - This chapter has been lost
45. Ming-yü - On the Rain Sacrifice (II, XXX)
46. Shun-ku - Gentle Drums (II, XXXI)
Book XVI.
47. Luan-lung - A Last Word on Dragons (II, XXXII)
48. Chap. II Tsao-hu - The Tiger Trouble (II, XXXIII)
49. Shang-ch‘ung - Remarks on Insects (II, XXXIV)
50. Chiang-jui - Arguments on Ominous Creatures (I, XXX)
Boox XVII.
51. Chih-jui - Thoughts on Omens (I, XXVIII)
52. Shih-ying - Auguries verified ( II, XXIX)
53. Chih-ch‘i - Periods of Government (II, II)
Book XVIII.
54. Tse-jan - Spontaneity (I, III)
55. Kan-lei - Sympathetic Emotions (II, III)
56. Ch‘i-shih - The Equality of the Ages (I, XXXVIII)
Book XIX.
57. Hsüan Han - Praise of the Han Dynasty (II, XVIII)
58. Hui-kuo - Further Remarks on the State (II, XIX)
59. Yen-fu - Ominous Signs Investigated (II, XX)
Book XX.
60. Hsü-sung - The Necessity of Eulogies (II, XXI)
61. Yi-wên - Lost Texts (II, XXV)
62. Lun-sse - On Death (I, XV)
Book XXI.
63. Sse-wei - False Reports about the Dead (I, XVI)
Book XXII.
64. Chi-yao - Spook Stories (I, XVII)
65. Ting-kuei - All about Ghosts (I, XVIII)
Book XXIII.
66. Yen-tu - On Poison (I, XXIII, 298.
67. Po-tsang - Simplicity of Funerals ( II, XXXV)
68. Sse-hui - Four Things to be avoided (II, XXXVI)
69. Lan-shih - False Charges against Time (II, XXXVII)
Book XXIV.
70. Chi-jih - Slandering of Days ( II, XXXVIII, 393.
71. Pu-shih - On Divination (I, XIV, 182.
72. Pien-sui - Criticisms on Noxious Influences ( I, XLIII, 525.
73. Nan-sui - Questions about the Year Star (II, XXXIX, 402.
Book XXV.
74. Ch‘i-shu - Criticisms on Certain Theories (II, XL)
75. Chieh-ch‘u - On Exorcism (I, XLIV)
76. Sse-yi - Sacrifices to the Departed (I, XLI)
77. Chi-yi - Sacrifices (I, XLII)
Book XXVI.
78. Shih-chih - The Real Nature of Knowledge (II, XIII)
79. Chih-shih - The Knowledge of Truth (II, XXVI)
Book XXVII.
80. Ting-hsien - A Definition of Worthies (II, XIV)
Book XXVIII.
81. Chêng-shuo - Statements Corrected (I, XXXV)
82. Shu-chieh - On Literary Work ( II, XXII)
Book XXIX.
83. An-shu - Critical Remarks on Various Books (I, XXXVII)
84. Tui-tso - Replies in Self-Defence (I, II)
Book XXX.
85. Tse-chi - Autobiography (I, I)


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Forke, Alfred (1911). Lun-Hêng Part II: Miscellaneous essays of Wang Ch'ung.
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--- (1907). Lun-Hêng Part I: Philosophical essays of Wang Ch'ung. *
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--- (1907). Introduction and Appendixes to Wang Ch'ung's Lun-hêng. *
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McLeod, Alexus (2018). The Philosophical Thought of Wang Chong. Palgrave Macmillan. *
ISBN13: 978-3319952901

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Zufferey, Nicolas (2019). Wang Chong: Balance des discours: Traités philosophiques.
ISBN13: 978-2251450278

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