Already translated into six languages, Francois Jullien's In Praise of Blandness has become a classic. Appearing for the first time in English, this groundbreaking work of philosophy, anthropology, aesthetics, and sinology is certain to stir readers to think and experience what may at first seem impossible: the richness of a bland sound, a bland meaning, a bland painting, a bland poem. In presenting the value of blandness through as many concrete examples and original texts as possible, Jullien allows the undifferentiated foundation of all things -- blandness itself -- to appear. After completing this book, readers will reevaluate those familiar Western lines of thought where blandness is associated with a lack -- the undesirable absence of particular, defining qualities.<br /> <br /> Jullien traces the elusive appearance and crucial value of blandness from its beginnings in the Daoist and Confucian traditions to its integration into literary and visual aesthetics in the late-medieval period and beyond. Gradually developing into a positive quality in Chinese aesthetic and ethical traditions, the bland comprises the harmonious and unnameable union of all potential values, embodying a reality whose very essence is change and providing an infinite opening into the breadth of human expression and taste.<br /> <br /> More than just a cultural history, In Praise of Blandness invites those both familiar and unfamiliar with Chinese culture to explore the resonances of the bland in literary, philosophical, and religious texts and to witness how all currents of Chinese thought -- Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism -- converge in harmonious accord.
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喜欢作者，可爱的汉学家。语句也很美。
评分很喜欢Jullien的视角和文笔。可由谁来写一本关于西方文化的类似性质的书？
评分从儒道哲学入手分析淡在哲学、社会、诗歌、绘画、音乐、礼教中的渗透。淡是对特定味道、含义、人格、表现形式的摒弃，它跨越界限、分野和约束，是一种更为整体合一的概念。淡在感知与无感的边缘却能代表事物在同一中的本质。淡的超验在世界和感知之内，和西方形而上的思考方式有本质区别。很有趣的书。
评分很喜欢Jullien的视角和文笔。可由谁来写一本关于西方文化的类似性质的书？
评分1. Emotions of (Chinese) people simply DO NOT work like this. 2. The east-west compatibility simply could not be drawn reductively to such an extent. 3. Blandness is not simply an all-encompassing positive transcendental feeling of freedom, tranquil and pleasure. 这就是网红于连的东西？
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