@inbook{ea7db3012e134edbbe0cbc44249b962a,
title = "A new reading of M{\'i}ng T{\`a}izǔ{\textquoteright}s essay on the Three Teachings (Sānjiāo l{\`u}n 三教論)",
abstract = "The translation and analysis of this imperial essay that scholars have described as {"}obscure{"} and {"}incoherent{"}, draw attention to analogous and parallel structures as well as to clusters of concepts and individual terms. The text is not viewed solely as a linear, logical unfolding of a train of thought but as a composition of different topological clusters, explored in different variations and from various perspectives, and only comprehensible in relation to each other. The actual philological work lies in identifying these clusters and interpreting their relationships. From this, a new content analysis of the text follows, which can be grounded in the philological criteria mentioned above. It becomes evident that in this text the first M{\'i}ng Emperor develops three ways of engaging with the Three Teachings (sānji{\`a}o), one of excessive and confused belief, on of skeptical disbelief and an appropriate position in the middle that recognises the Three Teachings as something that can be used in daily life and supports state order.",
author = "Joachim Gentz",
year = "2024",
month = oct,
day = "22",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783830948315",
series = "Religions in Dialogue",
publisher = "Waxmann Verlag",
number = "22",
pages = "261--273",
editor = "Melanie Barbato and Mathias Schneider and Fabian V{\"o}lker",
booktitle = "Beyond Boundaries",
}