Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-1989

Abstract

In Chinese philosophical literature, the term zirana is generally rendered as "spontaneity," "natural," or "self-so" by both Chinese and Western trans- lators. I think that these translations not only miss the point being made in the texts, but actually serve to obscure it

Discipline

Philosophy | Political Science

Research Areas

Political Science

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Philosophy East and West

Volume

39

Issue

2

First Page

171

Last Page

190

ISSN

0031-8221

Identifier

10.2307/1399376

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.2307/1399376

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