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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)