Daily Archives: July 18, 2013

Is it Possible to be Too Yi 義?

Passage 3B10 in the Mengzi stood out during my last read through the text. In 3B10 Mengzi tells the story of Chen Zhongzi, who in seeking purity (lian 廉) refused to eat his mother’s food or live in his brother’s house (believing that his brother had not rightly [buyi 不義] attained his salary and home). Mengzi’s critique of Chen Zhongzi is that “only an earthworm could fill out [the values] he holds to” 蚓而後充其操, which I take to mean that living in the human world (i.e., a world of complex relationships) entails living a life where one cannot live to such a degree of purity and at the same time realize other (often more important) values. Mengzi seems to have similar sentiments about figures such as Bo Yi in passage 5B1. While he praises Bo Yi (and Chen Zhongzi in 3B10), being too lian 廉 or qing 清 is problematic for Mengzi. Continue reading →

CFP: ISCP Panel(s) at APA Pacific

Dear Colleagues,

You are cordially invited to submit the proposal or abstract of paper to be presented at the ISCP panel at the APA Pacific meeting, which will be held at  Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, April 16 – 20, 2014.

The deadline for your submission is October 1, 2014.

Please send information to Robin Wang at rwang@lmu.edu

Thank you for your consideration!

Sincerely

Robin Wang
Liaison for ISCP Pacific