Daoism in Early China by Feng Cao

Author:Feng Cao
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, New York

The similarities between the two passages are striking. In only a short amount of text , both have touched upon the topic of “governing the heart-mind” (zhi xin 治心), or “conquering” it (sheng xin 勝心). Both discuss the heart-mind as being dualistic, with one aspect being the public mind and the other being the essential mind. Both emphasize the idea that if the latter cannot overcome the former, disorder will reign. Both maintain that nothing is beyond the ability of a person who can grasp the essential mind. All of the above features are discussed in terms of the relationship between ruler and subjects. Guanzi: “Neiye” provides a valuable point of comparison, without which the full and precise meaning of Fanwu Liuxing Sect. 5 would be more obscure.

Not only does the structure of Fanwu Liuxing Sect. 5 present striking similarities with the four chapters of the Guanzi, but the two texts are also surprisingly similar in their linguistic treatment of the term the One. The passage from Fanwu Liuxing Sect. 5, “the only thing the heart prizes is the One. Gaining the One, understanding its miraculous essence one may know that the One connects with Heaven above and with the depths of Water.” seems to share a source with Guanzi: “Neiye”:The wondrous nature of one word (Dao) reaches up to Heaven and down to Earth, and fills the Nine Continents.

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