The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective : : Culture, Body, and Language / / Ning Yu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Yu, Ning,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] , 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (444 p.)

This book is a cognitive semantic study of the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, traditionally seen as the central faculty of cognition. The Chinese word xin, which primarily denotes the heart organ, covers the meanings of both "heart" and "mind" as understood in English, w...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of contents
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Heart, body and mind
• 1.1. Object and goal: Chinese concept of xin ‘heart’
• 1.2. Heart, culture, and cognition
• 1.3. Body, society, and cognition
• 1.4. Body, mind, and culture
• 1.5. Cognitive semantic study of metaphor: Embodiment
• 1.6. Structure of the book
• Chapter 2. The HEART in ancient Chinese philosophy
• 2.1. Introduction: Basic philosophical notions and constructs
• 2.2. The heart as the locus of the “mind”
• 2.3. The heart as the locus of moral sense
• 2.4. The heart as the locus of societal governance
• 2.5. Summary and discussion
• Chapter 3 The HEART in traditional Chinese medicine
• 3.1. Introduction: Basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine
• 3.2. The heart as the ruler of the body
• 3.3. The heart as the grand master of the internal organs
• 3.4. The heart or brain: Which one governs the spiritual light?
• 3.5. Summary and discussion
• Chapter 4 The HEART in present-day Chinese language
• 4.1. Introduction: A cognitive semantic study
• 4.2. The heart as a physical entity
• 4.3. The heart as the locus of one’s inner self
• 4.4. The heart as the locus of mental life
• 4.5. The heart as the locus of emotional life
• 4.6. Summary and discussion
• Chapter 5 The HEART in present-day Chinese discourse
• 5.1. Introduction: Textual analysis
• 5.2. The heart in an essay on the “heart”
• 5.3. The heart in some poems on the “heart”
• 5.4. Summary and discussion
• Chapter 6 The HEART in cross-cultural comparison
• 6.1. Introduction: An external viewpoint
• 6.2. Conceptions of the heart and brain in the West
• 6.3. A comparative perspective from English
• 6.4. Four humors and five elements
• 6.5. Summary and discussion
• Chapter 7 Conclusion
• 7.1. Looking back in perspective: Some highlights
• 7.2. Bringing into focus: Holism and dualism, heart and head
• 7.3. Looking beyond: Methodological issues
• 7.4. Emerging from it: Afterword
• Backmatter