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Ming dai xin xue yu Ou zhou lang man zhu yi : yi Xu Wei yu Fan Gao wei li = A comparative study of Ming Neo-Confucianism and European romanticism in the case of Xu Wei and Vincent van Gogh
Other titles
明代心学与欧洲浪漫主义 : 以徐渭与梵高为例
Author
Huang, Lin
Supervisor
Yan, Shoucheng
Abstract
Through an exploration into the thought of Xu Wei and Vincent van Gogh, which, despite their prominence in Chinese and Western art history, has not drawn adequate attention of the academia, this thesis aims at an in-depth comparative study of Ming Neo-Confucianism-which is characterized by the emphasis on the dynamism of the mind-and-heart-and European Romanticism-which is depicted by Isaiah Berlin as a revolt against reason and therefore a real revolution in Western intellectual history. By the analysis of the similarities and differences between the two, I hope, something rooted deep in Chinese and Western culture may be made clearer.
The thesis consists of five chapters, the first of which is an introduction to my purpose and approach as well as the clarification of some concepts and ideas which are of great importance to this study. Chapter two analyzes Xu's life and thought against the backdrop of different influences on him by two disciples of Wang Yangming, the central figure in Ming Neo-Confucianism. Chapter three, through the exposition of the contradictions in van Gogh's thought and the crisis he faced during his short life, reveals the incompatibility between Calvinism-which he derived from his father-and Romanticism-which fitted in with his character so much. Both Ming Neo-Confucianism and European Romanticism emphasize "sincerity", but there is a fundamental difference between them; this is elucidated in chapter four. And the last chapter is a conclusion.
The thesis consists of five chapters, the first of which is an introduction to my purpose and approach as well as the clarification of some concepts and ideas which are of great importance to this study. Chapter two analyzes Xu's life and thought against the backdrop of different influences on him by two disciples of Wang Yangming, the central figure in Ming Neo-Confucianism. Chapter three, through the exposition of the contradictions in van Gogh's thought and the crisis he faced during his short life, reveals the incompatibility between Calvinism-which he derived from his father-and Romanticism-which fitted in with his character so much. Both Ming Neo-Confucianism and European Romanticism emphasize "sincerity", but there is a fundamental difference between them; this is elucidated in chapter four. And the last chapter is a conclusion.
Date Issued
2007
Call Number
N61 Hua
Date Submitted
2007