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This chapter will outline the ways that Xuanxue took abstract inquiry into the fundamental questions of reality, ethics, epistemology, and logic to new heights by adopting the thought of Laozi, Zhuangzi, and the Book of Changes. It also offered transformational practices to engage in, circumnavigate, or wander-freely around the natural-human realm. Generally speaking, Chinese philosophies are philosophical belief systems that offer pragmatic or practical techne for human flourishing, however, such “flourishing” might be interpreted. Xuanxue continued and contributed to that practical approach to life and philosophy.
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Sellmann, J.D. (2020). Xuanxue’s Contributions to Chinese Philosophy. In: Chai, D. (eds) Dao Companion to Xuanxue 玄學 (Neo-Daoism). Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49228-1_2
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