The Status of Tradition in Chinese Literature

Ideas Y Valores 66 (165):133-145 (2017)
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RESUMEN El artículo revisa el concepto de tradición en las filosofías europea y china. Partiendo de la degradación contemporánea de la "tradición" como modo de orientación del individuo en el mundo, se recurre al trabajo de rehabilitación que Hans-Georg Gadamer impulsa a partir de las nociones de prejuicio y autoridad, se verifica esta cuestión en las propuestas avanzadas por Walter Benjamin en torno al narrador como custodio de la tradición y agente de experiencia, y se examina el lugar de la tradición en el pensamiento chino, considerando el trabajo de François Jullien. Finalmente, se aborda la trama entre experiencia, pasado y tradición, tal como se articula en la literatura china, y se concluye con una reflexión sobre el modelo prescriptivo de la tradición occidental frente al pensamiento oriental. ABSTRACT The article reviews the concept of tradition in European and Chinese philosophy. In view of the contemporary decline of "tradition" as a means of orientation of the individual in the world, the article first turns to Hans-Georg Gadamer's rehabilitation of the concept on the basis of the notions of prejudice and authority, and then goes on to examine the issue in Walter Benjamin's proposals regarding the narrator as a custodian of tradition and agent of experience. It then discusses the place of tradition in Chinese thought, taking into account the work of François Jullien. Finally, the paper addresses the interrelation of experience, past, and tradition, as articulated in Chinese literature, and concludes with a reflection on the contrast between the prescriptive model of Western tradition and Oriental thought.

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