A Discussion of Some Mistaken Notions Concerning Chinese Traditional Culture 中華傳統文化辯誤

Due to some modern conceptions, or certain misleading biases, modern people’s understanding of Chinese traditional culture is often mistaken. This lecture will attempt to answer the following questions: Does the Laozi (Daode jing) really proclaim an anti-intellectual message entailing the ignorance of the masses? Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist cultures all esteem gentleness and generosity, yielding and kindness; but do they not also include a heroic teaching? Concerning the core ideas of Buddhists and Daoists, what are the fundamental differences and similarities between them? Is “nourishing life” simply concerned with nourishing the body? Where does that process start? When did the Taiji diagram comprised of the Yin Yang “fishes” originate? And why is the semi-circular form of this diagram inaccurate? What exactly is the Liezi parable about Lie Gong moving the mountain talking about?

由於現代觀念或某些偏見的遮蔽，現代人對中華傳統文化的理解往往有偏頗誤會之處，本講試圖回答如下問題：老子宣揚反智，愚民觀念嗎？儒道釋文化尚溫柔敦厚，柔弱慈悲，是否缺乏勇德之教？佛道思想根本旨趣異同何在？養生就是調養身體？其下手處何在？陰陽魚太極圖源於何時，為何說半圓圖式並不準確？“列子”愚公移山寓言究竟在說什麼？

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