Abstract

BETTONI, Cecilia. The Status of Tradition in Chinese Literature. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2017, vol.66, n.165, pp.133-145. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v66n165.68451.

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.

Keywords : F. Jullien; H.-G. Gadamer; W. Benjamin; Chinese literature; tradition.

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