When writing a preface to Gong Bin’s Shishou Xinyu Jiao Shi, Hu Xiaoming put forward the question of “how a correct interpretation and a general understanding can go hand in hand”. He based his aesthetic pursuit of a general understanding on deyi wang yan, an approach that has already adopted both aesthetic and metaphysical perspectives from which to interpret Shishuo. However, the present author particularly endeavors to utilize the dialectical thinking prevalent in Wei-Jin metaphysics, hoping to bring a closer link between Shishuo and metaphysics. This article addresses this issue by using as its examples “Huangong ruxia” and “Sun’s and Chu’s Commentaries on Nanbeixue”
The present researcher conducts an in-depth investigation into and an intensive reading of the two key texts. The analysis starts from the two traditional interpretations of Shishuo – the history and the literary appreciation of the work – and it then renders a Wei-Jin metaphysical interpretation with a meta perspective. Different from the metaphysical discourse, the new approach situates reading in the context of Shishuo by paying equal attention to Wei-Jin metaphysics and life at that time. Through the multifaceted lenses afforded by different historical periods, this project actively seeks to respond to our current situation and problems, in order to explore the rich cultural potential of Shishuo, which accumulates with time.
In the face of this great literary, historical and philosophical classic, the author attempts to develop a hermeneutic approach that combines history commentaries, literary appreciations, and Wei-Jin metaphysics. As such, hermeneutics does not have to rely on the Western knowledge of the subject but is being developing from within the study of Chinese literature.
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