“四海为学”著作讨论会预告 | Book Discussion: “The Chinese Pleasure Book”

题目：The Chinese Pleasure Book

时间：4月18日（周四）9:00（北京时间）

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Zoom会议号：81719242749

作者：

Michael Nylan, University of California, Berkeley

戴梅可，伯克利历史系教授

主持人：

Luyao Li, Nanyang Technological University

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“Collaborative Learning 四海为学” is organized by the Center for Intercultural Learning, Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University.

This book takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and to the health of the body politic. Unlike Western theories of pleasure, early Chinese writings contrast pleasure not with pain but with insecurity, assuming that it is right and proper to seek and take pleasure, as well as experience short-term delight. Equally important is the belief that certain long-term relational pleasures are more easily sustained, as well as potentially more satisfying and less damaging. The pleasures that become deeper and more ingrained as the person invests time and effort to their cultivation include friendship and music, sharing with others, developing integrity and greater clarity, reading and classical learning, and going home. Each of these activities is explored through the early sources (mainly fourth century BC to the eleventh century AD), with new translations of both well-known and seldom-cited texts.