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| The Oeconomy of Human Life: An ‘Ancient Bramin' In Eighteenth-Century Tibet | ||
| 作者 | Bray, John |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| 卷期 | v.19 n.4 |
| 出版日期 | 2009.10 |
| 頁次 | 439 - 458 |
| 出版者 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 出版者網址 | http://royalasiaticsociety.org/?q=journal |
| 出版地 | London, UK [倫敦, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Formerly The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1835-1990 (Vols. 2-19 - New Series Vols. 1-21 - ) |
| 摘要 | The Oeconomy of Human Life purports to be an English translation of an ancient Indian text found by a Chinese scholar in Lhasa. Almost certainly written by Robert Dodsley (1704–1764), the book became an eighteenth-century bestseller. This article discusses its place in the varied lineage of western images of Asia, beginning with Alexander the Great's encounter with a group of ‘naked philosophers’ in India. It argues that the key features of the Oeconomy are representative of the Enlightenment period, with at best tenuous links to Tibet, India and China. However, it also belongs to a much broader literary tradition with deep roots and unexpected contemporary resonances. |
| 目次 | A Chinese scholar’s journey to Tibet 441 The Oeconomy’s Precepts 443 Who was the author? 445 The ‘naked philosophers’ 447 China, Tibet and the European Enlightenment 448 Jesuit Sources 449 Comparing Texts 452 An Enlightenment Re-interpretation 453 An Eighteenth-Century Bestseller 454 The Oeconomy’s Theosophist Reincarnation 454 The Bramin’s return to India 456 Conclusion: Gymnosophist Whispers 457 Acknowledgements 458 |
| ISSN | 13561863 (P); 14740591 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 450 |
| 建檔日期 | 2009.09.29 |
| 更新日期 | 2019.10.14 |
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