The Opposites and Unity: A Study of Chinese Taoist Thought Found in Hermann Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game

IF 0.2 4区哲学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

Literature and Theology Pub Date : 2020-12-10 DOI:10.1093/litthe/fraa022

Xianyun Tang, Boren Zheng

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Abstract

Hermann Hesse was keenly aware of the spiritual and social crises of war-torn Europe. He explored possible solutions to these problems in his writing and was interested in drawing on the resources of oriental philosophies. Of particular importance was the thought of Chinese Taoism. Hesse frequently mentioned his understanding of the Taoist philosophies of Laozi (老子) and Zhuangzi (庄子) in letters to his friends, and Taoist ideas such as ‘Tao’ (道) or ‘One’ and ‘polar opposites and unity’ recur across his work. This article will trace Hesse’s understanding of the Taoist thought of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and analyse the influence of Chinese Taoism on Hesse’s masterpiece, The Glass Bead Game (1943).

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对立与统一:从黑塞的《玻璃珠游戏》看中国道教思想

赫尔曼·黑塞敏锐地意识到饱受战争蹂躏的欧洲所面临的精神和社会危机。他在写作中探索了这些问题的可能解决方案，并对利用东方哲学的资源感兴趣。尤其重要的是中国的道教思想。黑塞经常在给朋友的信中提到他对老子和庄子的道家哲学的理解，而“道”或“一”和“两极对立和统一”等道家思想在他的作品中反复出现。本文将追溯黑塞对老子、庄子道教思想的理解，并分析中国道教对黑塞代表作《玻璃珠游戏》(1943)的影响。

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