| The cosmobiological balance of the emotional and spiritual worlds: phenomenological structuralism in traditional Chinese medical thought. | |
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PMID: 8740960 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This paper points to a convergence of formal and rhetorical features in ancient Chinese cosmobiological theory, within which is developed a view of the inner life of human emotions. Inasmuch as there is an extensive classical tradition considering the emotions in conjunction with music, one can justify a structural analysis of medical texts treating disorder in emotional life, since emotions, musical interpretation and structural analysis all deal with systems interrelated in a transformational space largely independent of objective reference and propositional coordination. Following a section of ethnolinguistic sketches to provide grounds in some phenomenological worlds recognized by Chinese people, there is a textual analysis of a classical medical source for the treatment of emotional distress. Through close examination of the compositional schema of this text, it can be demonstrated that the standard categories of correlative cosmology are arrayed within a more comprehensive structural order. |
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Authors:
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S Davis |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Culture, medicine and psychiatry Volume: 20 ISSN: 0165-005X ISO Abbreviation: Cult Med Psychiatry Publication Date: 1996 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1996-10-04 Completed Date: 1996-10-04 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7707467 Medline TA: Cult Med Psychiatry Country: NETHERLANDS |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 83-123 Citation Subset: IM; Q |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Chinese Literature & Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. |
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Emotions History, Ancient Humans Mathematics Mental Processes / physiology Metaphysics / history Music / psychology Nonverbal Communication Philology, Oriental* Philosophy, Medical / history* Yin-Yang / history |
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